Olympic Speed Skating

Olympic Speed Skating is an event that takes place in the Olympics where individuals compete with each other on tracks with artificial ice on skates. This game hosts individuals from nations around the world. Speed Skating will be taking part at the 2010 Winter Olympics for schedule and results visit 2010 Olympic Speed Skating.

Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Winners

Event	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Speed Skating
Men's 500 m	Tae-Bum Mo Korea	Keiichiro Nagashima Japan	Joji Kato Japan
Women's 500 m	Sang-Hwa Lee Korea	Jenny Wolf Germany	Beizing Wang China
Men's 1,000 m	Shani Davis United States	Tae-Bum Mo Korea	Chad Hendrick United States
Women's 1,000 m	Christine Nesbitt Canada	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	Laurine Van Riessen Netherlands
Men's 1,500 m	Mark Tuitert Netherlands	Shani Davis United States	Havard Bokko Norway
Women's 1,500 m	Ireen Wust Netherlands	Kristina Groves Canada	Martina Sablikova Czech Republic
Men's 5,000 m	Sven Kramer Netherlands	Lee Seung-Hoon South Korea	Ivan Skobrev Russia
Women's 3,000 m	Martina Sablikova Czech Republic	Stephanie Beckert Germany	Kristina Groves Canada
Men's 10,000 m	Seung-Hoon Lee Korea	Ivan Skobrev Russia	Bob de Jong Netherlands
Women's 5,000 m	Martina Sabikova Czech Republic	Stephanie Beckert Germany	Clara Hughes Canada
Men's Team Pursuit	Canada	United States	Netherlands
Women's Team Pursuit	Germany	Japan	Poland

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February 13 - 12:00: Olympic Speed Skating Men's 5000m Medal Event
February 14 - 13:00: Olympic Speed Skating Women's 3000m Medal Event
February 15 - 15:30: Olympic Speed Skating Men's 500m Heat 1
February 15 - 17:25: Olympic Speed Skating Men's 500m Medal Event
February 16 - 13:00: Olympic Speed Skating Women's 500m Heat 1
February 16 - 14:45: Olympic Speed Skating Women's 500m Medal Event
February 17 - 16:00: Olympic Speed Skating Men's 1000m Medal Event
February 18 - 13:00: Olympic Speed Skating Women's 1000m Medal Event
February 20 - 16:15: Olympic Speed Skating Men's 1500m Medal Event
February 21 - 15:00: Olympic Speed Skating Women's 1500m Medal Event
February 23 - 11:00: Olympic Speed Skating Men's 10000m Medal Event
February 24 - 13:00: Olympic Speed Skating Women's 5000m Medal Event
February 26 - 12:30: Olympic Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit Heats
February 26 - 12:30: Olympic Speed Skating Women's Team Pursuit Heats
February 27 - 12:30: Men's Team Pursuit Finals Medal Event
February 27 - 12:30: Women's Team Pursuit Finals Medal Event http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-speed-skating-schedule-results/

Background

Netherlands is considered to be the cradle of this sport although this game became quite very popular in United States, Canada and European countries. The Olympic congress agreed to include speed skating on Summer Olympics of 1914 which was canceled due to the World War II. Therefore speed skating was first featured in the Summer Olympics of 1924. Short track speed skating was accepted as an Olympic sport in 1992.

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What is your favorite Olympic Sport at the 2010 Winter Olympics?(11 Answers)

A: The biathlon sports and especially the 7.5km relay is a favorite. Each athlete is at maximum fitness in both body and mind. While it is a very ...

when so we know who won the 5000m speed skating?(1 Answer)

A: The Olympic Speed Skating Men's 5000m Gold was won by KRAMER, Sven of the Netherlands with an Olympic Record of 6:14.60.

where was the speed skating event for the winter olympics held? (1 Answer)

A: The Olympic Speed Skating was held at Richmond Olympic Oval http://www.mahalo.com/olympic-speed-skating-2010 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/3299591966_c45ba7bf17.jpg