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The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. No speed skating events were contested, although figure skating – also governed by the ...
For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes (maximum 100 men and 80 women). [4] The maximum total number of athletes per gender per nation was 9, compared to 10 in 2018. Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of ISU Speed Skating World Cup competitions. When quota were reached, each nation was permitted to enter a ...
Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref Men's 500 metres: 20 February Heat 1 Wu Dajing China: 40.264 OR [11] 22 February Quarterfinal 2 39.800 OR, WR [12] Final A 39.584 OR, WR [13] Men's 1000 metres: 13 February Heat 5 Charles Hamelin Canada: 1:23.407 OR [14] Men's 1500 metres: 10 February Final A Lim Hyo-jun South Korea: 2:10.485 OR [15] Men's ...
Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of the entire 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in the autumn of 2017. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m, 10,000m and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.
At the 1914 Olympic Congress, the delegates agreed to include long-track speed skating in the 1916 Olympics, after figure skating had featured in the 1908 Olympics. However, World War I put an end to the plans of Olympic competition, and it was not until the winter sports week in Chamonix in 1924—retroactively awarded Olympic status—that ...
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over thirteen days, from 12 to 25 February. Eight events were contested at the Torino Palavela . In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds.
The women's 1500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 20 January, at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung. [ 1 ] Results
Points from the four races were combined and counted towards the all-round event, which was dropped following the 1924 Olympics. Speed skating events for women were first held at the 1932 Winter Olympics, as part of the demonstration program. The organizing committee of those Games advocated for the full inclusion of the women's events, but the ...