Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
| Speed skating at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Zetra Ice Rink |
| Dates | 9–18 February |
| Competitors | 139 from 24 nations |
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Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held from 9 February to 18 February. Nine events were contested at Zetra Ice Rink.[1]
Contents
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  East Germany (GDR) |
4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Norway (NOR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
East Germany topped the medal table with four gold medals, and eleven total, including a complete sweep of gold and silver medals in the four women's events.
This was only the second Games in which the United States did not win a speed skating medal, and as of 2010, the only time since 1960 the Netherlands did not win a medal in the sport. Japan's Yoshihiro Kitazawa won his country's first Olympic medal in speed skating.
East Germany's Karin Enke led the individual medal table, winning a medal in each of the women's events, finishing with two golds and two silvers. Canada's Gaétan Boucher was the most successful male skater, with two gold medals and a bronze.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Sergey Fokichev Soviet Union |
38.19 | Yoshihiro Kitazawa Japan |
38.30 | Gaétan Boucher Canada |
38.39 |
| 1000 metres |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
1:15.80 | Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union |
1:16.63 | Kai Arne Engelstad Norway |
1:16.75 |
| 1500 metres |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
1:58.36 | Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union |
1:58.83 | Oleg Bozhev Soviet Union |
1:58.89 |
| 5000 metres |
Tomas Gustafson Sweden |
7:12.28 | Igor Malkov Soviet Union |
7:12.30 | René Schöfisch East Germany |
7:17.49 |
| 10000 metres |
Igor Malkov Soviet Union |
14:39.90 | Tomas Gustafson Sweden |
14:39.95 | René Schöfisch East Germany |
14:46.91 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Christa Rothenburger East Germany |
41.02 (OR) |
Karin Enke East Germany |
41.28 | Natalya Glebova Soviet Union |
41.50 |
| 1000 metres |
Karin Enke East Germany |
1:21.61 (OR) |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
1:22.83 | Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
1:23.21 |
| 1500 metres |
Karin Enke East Germany |
2:03.42 WR | Andrea Schöne East Germany |
2:05.29 | Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
2:05.78 |
| 3000 metres |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
4:24.79 (OR) |
Karin Enke East Germany |
4:26.33 | Gabi Zange East Germany |
4:33.13 |
Records
No men's records were broken in Sarajevo, but all four women's Olympic records were bettered, and there was one world record set as well.[2][3]
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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| Women's 500 metres | 10 February | Christa Rothenburger (GDR) |
41.02 | OR | |
| Women's 1000 metres | 13 February | Karin Enke (GDR) |
1:21.61 | OR | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 9 February | Karin Enke (GDR) |
2:03.42 | OR | WR |
| Women's 3000 metres | 15 February | Andrea Schone (GDR) |
4:24.79 | OR |
Participating NOCs
Twenty-four nations competed in the speed skating events at Sarajevo. The British Virgin Islands and Yugoslavia made their debuts in the sport.
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