Editing Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Speed skating
|games = 2002 Winter
|image = Speed skating pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|venue = [[Utah Olympic Oval]]
|dates = 9–23 February 2002
|num_events = 10
|competitors = 166
|nations = 23
|prev = [[Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]
|next = [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]
}}
{{Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
'''[[Speed skating]] at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]''' was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the [[Utah Olympic Oval]].<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/SSK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/SSK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>

==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
<ref name=SpeedSkating>{{cite web
| title = Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf
| work = Salt Lake City Organizing Committee
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date=February 2002
| access-date = February 5, 2010}}</ref>
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 2002 Winter
 | team           = 
 | gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 5 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 4
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 2
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 2
}}

===Men's events===

<ref name="SpeedSkating"/>

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
| 500 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Casey FitzRandolph]]|USA|2002 Winter}}||69.23 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hiroyasu Shimizu]]|JPN|2002 Winter}}||69.26
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kip Carpenter]]|USA|2002 Winter}} ||69.47
|-valign="top"
| 1000 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gerard van Velde]]|NED|2002 Winter}}||1:07.18 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jan Bos]]|NED|2002 Winter}}||1:07.53
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joey Cheek]]|USA|2002 Winter}} ||1:07.61
|-valign="top"
| 1500 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Derek Parra]]|USA|2002 Winter}}|| 1:43.95 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jochem Uytdehaage]]|NED|2002 Winter}}|| 1:44.57
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ådne Søndrål]]|NOR|2002 Winter}} || 1:45.26
|-valign="top"
| 5000 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jochem Uytdehaage]]|NED|2002 Winter}} ||6:14.66 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Derek Parra]]|USA|2002 Winter}}|| 6:17.98
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jens Boden]]|GER|2002 Winter}} || 6:21.73
|-valign="top"
| 10,000 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jochem Uytdehaage]]|NED|2002 Winter}} || 12:58.92 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gianni Romme]]|NED|2002 Winter}} || 13:10.03
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lasse Sætre]]|NOR|2002 Winter}} || 13:16.92
|}

===Women's events===

<ref name=SpeedSkating />

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
| 500 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Catriona Le May Doan]]|CAN|2002 Winter}}||74.75
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt]]|GER|2002 Winter}}||74.94
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sabine Völker]]|GER|2002 Winter}} ||75.19
|-valign="top"
| 1000 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chris Witty]]|USA|2002 Winter}}||1:13.83 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sabine Völker]]|GER|2002 Winter}}||1:13.96
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jennifer Rodriguez]]|USA|2002 Winter}} ||1:14.24
|-valign="top"
| 1500 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anni Friesinger-Postma|Anni Friesinger]]|GER|2002 Winter}}||1:54.02 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sabine Völker]]|GER|2002 Winter}}||1:54.97
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jennifer Rodriguez]]|USA|2002 Winter}} ||1:55.32
|-valign="top"
| 3000 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Claudia Pechstein]]|GER|2002 Winter}}||3:57.70 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Renate Groenewold]]|NED|2002 Winter}}||3:58.94
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Cindy Klassen]]|CAN|2002 Winter}} ||3:58.97
|-valign="top"
| 5000 metres <br>{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Claudia Pechstein]]|GER|2002 Winter}}|| 6:46.91 {{WR}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gretha Smit]]|NED|2002 Winter}} || 6:49.22
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Clara Hughes]]|CAN|2002 Winter}}|| 6:53.53
|}

==Records==

[[Salt Lake City]]'s high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the [[Utah Olympic Oval]]'s ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.<ref>{{cite news
| title =Slow Italian oval keeps speedskating records on ice
| url = https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=2342716
| agency = Associated Press
| publisher = ESPN
| date = February 24, 2006
| access-date = February 5, 2010}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Event<ref name=SpeedSkating/> !! Date !! Round !! Athlete !! Country !! Time !! OR !! WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|Men's 500 metres]] || 11 February || Heat 1 || [[Casey FitzRandolph]] || {{FlagIOC|USA|2002 Winter}} || 34.42 || OR ||
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|Men's 1000 metres]] || 16 February ||  || [[Gerard van Velde]] || {{FlagIOC|NED|2002 Winter}} || 1:07.18 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|Men's 1500 metres]] || 19 February || || [[Derek Parra]] || {{FlagIOC|USA|2002 Winter}} || 1:43.95 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|Men's 5000 metres]] || 9 February || || [[Jochem Uytdehaage]] || {{FlagIOC|NED|2002 Winter}} || 6:14.66 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|Men's 10000 metres]] || 22 February ||  || [[Jochem Uytdehaage]] || {{FlagIOC|NED|2002 Winter}} || 12:58.92 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres|Women's 500 metres]] || 13 February || Heat 1 || [[Catriona Le May Doan]] || {{FlagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter}} || 37.30 || OR ||
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|Women's 1000 metres]] || 17 February ||  || [[Chris Witty]] || {{FlagIOC|USA|2002 Winter}} || 1:13.83 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|Women's 1500 metres]] || 20 February || || [[Anni Friesinger-Postma|Anni Friesinger]] || {{FlagIOC|GER|2002 Winter}} || 1:54.02 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|Women's 3000 metres]] || 10 February ||  || [[Claudia Pechstein]] || {{FlagIOC|GER|2002 Winter}} || 3:57.70 || OR || WR
|-
|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|Women's 5000 metres]] || 23 February || || [[Claudia Pechstein]] || {{FlagIOC|GER|2002 Winter}} || 6:46.91 || OR || WR
|}

==Participating NOCs==
Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Salt Lake City.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|2002 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BLR|2002 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|2002 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter|15}}
* {{flagIOC|CHN|2002 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|CZE|2002 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|2002 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|2002 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|13}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|2002 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|2002 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|2002 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIOC|KAZ|2002 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|2002 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|LAT|2002 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|2002 Winter|17}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|2002 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|2002 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|ROM|2002 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|RUS|2002 Winter|13}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|2002 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|UKR|2002 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter|17}}
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=og&year=2002&event=500|title=Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Men|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=27 August 2012}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=og&year=2002&event=500|title=Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Women|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=27 August 2012}}
*[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/54865/download Official Results Book – Speed skating]

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