Speed skating at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
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Venue | Hamar Olympic Hall |
Dates | February 13-25, 1994 |
No. of events | 10 |
Competitors | 150 from 21 nations |
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Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 February to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.
Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold.
Belarus and Russia won their first medals in speed skating, with both nations competing in the Olympics for the first time.
Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.
Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.