Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics


Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China between 5 and 19 February 2022. It was the 24th time speed skating was held at the Winter Olympics.
A total of 166 quota spots were distributed to the sport, a decline of 14 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. For the first time, gender equality was achieved in terms of quotas. A total of 14 events were contested, seven for men and seven for women.

Qualification

A total quota of 166 athletes was allowed to compete at the Games. For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes. 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 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.

Qualification times

The following qualification times were released on July 1, 2021, and were unchanged from 2018.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all speed skating events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.
All times are local times.
DayDateTimeEvent
Day 1Saturday, 5 February16:30-18:05Women's 3000 metres
Day 2Sunday, 6 February16:30-18:25Men's 5000 metres
Day 3Monday, 7 February16:30-18:05Women's 1500 metres
Day 4Tuesday, 8 February18:30-20:00Men's 1500 metres
Day 6Thursday, 10 February20:00-21:30Women's 5000 metres
Day 7Friday, 11 February16:00-18:05Men's 10,000 metres
Day 8Saturday, 12 February16:00-17:45Team pursuit women – Quarterfinals
Day 8Saturday, 12 February16:00-17:45Men's 500 metres
Day 9Sunday, 13 February21:00-22:50Team pursuit men – Quarterfinals
Day 9Sunday, 13 February21:00-22:50Women's 500 metres
Day 11Tuesday, 15 February14:30-17:15Team pursuit men – Finals
Day 11Tuesday, 15 February14:30-17:15Team pursuit women – Finals
Day 13Thursday, 17 February16:30-17:55Women's 1000 metres
Day 14Friday, 18 February16:30-17:50Men's 1000 metres
Day 15Saturday, 19 February15:00-17:35Mass start men
Day 15Saturday, 19 February15:00-17:35Mass start women

Medal summary

Women's events

Skaters who did not participate in the final of the team pursuit event, but received medals as part of the team, having taken part in an earlier round.

Participating nations

27 nations sent speed skaters to compete in the speed skating events.
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Records

Olympic records

EventDateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordRef
Women's 3000 metres5 FebruaryPair 10Irene SchoutenNetherlands|2022 WinterOlyR|speed skating

Controversy

In the men's 500 metres event, a false start was called in the last two heats, one of which included current World Cup champion Laurent Dubreuil. This was questioned by 1992 Winter Olympics Champion Bart Veldkamp.