Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the X Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Dates	February 4–12
No. of events	8
Competitors	129 from 19 nations
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Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 February to 12 February. Eight events were contested at L'Anneau de Vitesse in Grenoble, France.

The Netherlands topped the medal table, with nine medals, three of each type. Three tied events meant that only five bronze medals were awarded. The gold medal won by Erhard Keller was the first medal in speedskating for West Germany as a separate country.

Five athletes shared the top of the individual medal table, with one gold and one silver each: Kees Verkerk and Carry Geijssen of the Netherlands, Finland's Kaija Mustonen, the Soviet unions Lyudmila Titova and Norway's Fred Anton Maier.

One world record and six Olympic records were set at Grenoble. The only Olympic records not broken were in the two shortest events, the men's and women's 500 metres.

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Grenoble. East and West Germany made their debuts as separate teams.

Sports-Reference 1968 Olympics - Speed Skating