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* In the women's 1500 meters event at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands finished in fourth position, making this the first, and only, time in Olympic speed skating history that athletes from one country have taken all of the top four positions in an event.
The first Winter Olympics, held in 1924, included speed skating, but the first official short track speed skating events were not held until the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. [1] Before 1992, short track speed skating events were held at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport. At those games, events for both men and ...
The women's 1000 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February, at the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing. [1] Miho Takagi of Japan won the event, becoming the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist in this event, and second Asian gold medalist after Zhang Hong in 2014. It was also ...
Women's 1000 metres: 9 February Heat 2 Suzanne Schulting Netherlands: 1:27.292 OR [12] Men's 1500 metres: 9 February Quarterfinal 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu Hungary: 2:09.213 OR [13] Women's 1000 metres: 11 February Quarterfinal 1 Suzanne Schulting Netherlands: 1:26.514 WR, OR [14] Women's 3000 metre relay: 13 February Final A Suzanne Schulting ...
These Games in Lake Placid, New York, also saw the first female speed skaters at the Olympics in a set of demonstration events, with all victories being achieved by North American athletes. Women's events were also set to be held at the 1940 Winter Olympics, [1] which were cancelled.
Jackson also is the first American woman to win an Olympic speed skating gold since Chris Witty in 1000m in 2002, and the first American woman to win the women's 500m since Bonnie Blair in 1994. [16] In March 2023, Jackson completed at the 2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships and won a silver medal in the team sprint. [17]
2 Women's records. 3 Mixed records. 4 See also. ... This is the list of current Olympic records in short track speed skating. Men's records. Event Time Name Nation Games
The women's 500 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing. [1] Erin Jackson of the United States became the Olympic champion, winning her first Olympic medal. She was also the first female Black athlete to medal in speed skating. [2]