Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating; at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	9–23 February 2002
No. of events	10
Competitors	166 from 23 nations
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Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	3	5	0	8
2	Germany	3	3	2	8
3	United States	3	1	4	8
4	Canada	1	0	2	3
5	Japan	0	1	0	1
6	Norway	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Casey FitzRandolph United States	69.23	Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan	69.26	Kip Carpenter United States	69.47
1000 metres details	Gerard van Velde Netherlands	1:07.18 WR	Jan Bos Netherlands	1:07.53	Joey Cheek United States	1:07.61
1500 metres details	Derek Parra United States	1:43.95 WR	Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands	1:44.57	Ådne Søndrål Norway	1:45.26
5000 metres details	Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands	6:14.66 WR	Derek Parra United States	6:17.98	Jens Boden Germany	6:21.73
10,000 metres details	Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands	12:58.92 WR	Gianni Romme Netherlands	13:10.03	Lasse Sætre Norway	13:16.92

Women's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Catriona Le May Doan Canada	74.75	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Germany	74.94	Sabine Völker Germany	75.19
1000 metres details	Chris Witty United States	1:13.83 WR	Sabine Völker Germany	1:13.96	Jennifer Rodriguez United States	1:14.24
1500 metres details	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:54.02 WR	Sabine Völker Germany	1:54.97	Jennifer Rodriguez United States	1:55.32
3000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein Germany	3:57.70 WR	Renate Groenewold Netherlands	3:58.94	Cindy Klassen Canada	3:58.97
5000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein Germany	6:46.91 WR	Gretha Smit Netherlands	6:49.22	Clara Hughes Canada	6:53.53

Records

Salt Lake City's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the Utah Olympic Oval's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.^[3]

Event^[2]	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	11 February	Heat 1	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	OR
Men's 1000 metres	16 February		Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres	19 February		Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres	9 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	6:14.66	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres	22 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	12:58.92	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	13 February	Heat 1	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	37.30	OR
Women's 1000 metres	17 February		Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	OR	WR
Women's 1500 metres	20 February		Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres	10 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	OR	WR
Women's 5000 metres	23 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	OR	WR