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Sports > Olympics > Winter Olympics Through The Years > Event-by-Event > Speed Skating

Men's Olympic Speed Skating

Multiple gold medals: Eric Heiden and Clas Thunberg (5); Ivar Ballangrud, Yevgeny Grishin and Johann Olav Koss (4); Hjalmar Andersen, Tomas Gustafson, Irving Jaffee and Ard Schenk (3); Gaétan Boucher, Knut Johannesen, Erhard Keller, Uwe-Jens Mey, Gianni Romme, Jack Shea and Jochem Uytdehaage (2). Note that Thunberg's total includes the All-Around, which was contested for the only time in 1924.

500 meters

Year  Time  
1924 Charles Jewtraw, USA 44.0  
1928 (TIE) Bernt Evensen, NOR 43.4 OR
  & Clas Thunberg, FIN 43.4 OR
1932 Jack Shea, USA 43.4 =OR
1936 Ivar Ballangrud, NOR 43.4 =OR
1948 Finn Helgesen, NOR 43.1 OR
1952 Ken Henry, USA 43.2  
1956 Yevgeny Grishin, USSR 40.2 =WR
1960 Yevgeny Grishin, USSR 40.2 =WR
1964 Terry McDermott, USA 40.1 OR
1968 Erhard Keller, W. Ger 40.3    
1972 Erhard Keller, W. Ger 39.44 OR
1976 Yevgeny Kulikov, USSR 39.17 OR
1980 Eric Heiden, USA 38.03 OR
1984 Sergei Fokichev, USSR 38.19  
1988 Uwe-Jens Mey, E. Ger 36.45 WR
1992 Uwe-Jens Mey, GER 37.14  
1994 Aleksandr Golubev, RUS 36.33 OR
1998Hiroyashu Shimizu, JPN71.35*OR
2002Casey FitzRandolph, USA69.23 OR
2006Joey Cheek, USA69.76 
*The two-race final was introduced; skater with the lowest combined time wins gold.

1000 meters

Year  Time  
1924-72 Not held   
1976 Peter Mueller, USA 1:19.32  
1980 Eric Heiden, USA 1:15.18 OR
1984 Gaétan Boucher, CAN 1:15.80  
1988 Nikolai Gulyaev, USSR 1:13.03 OR
1992 Olaf Zinke, GER 1:14.85  
1994 Dan Jansen, USA 1:12.43 WR
1998Ids Postma, NED1:10.64OR
2002Gerard van Velde, NED1:07.18WR
2006Shani Davis, USA1:08.89 

1500 meters

Year  Time  
1924 Clas Thunberg, FIN 2:20.8  
1928 Clas Thunberg, FIN 2:21.1  
1932 Jack Shea, USA 2:57.5  
1936 Charles Mathisen, NOR 2:19.2 OR
1948 Sverre Farstad, NOR 2:17.6 OR
1952 Hjalmar Andersen, NOR 2:20.4  
1956 (TIE) Yevgeny Grishin, USSR 2:08.6 WR
  & Yuri Mikhailov, USSR 2:08.6 WR
1960 (TIE) Roald Aas, NOR 2:10.4  
  & Yevgeny Grishin, USSR 2:10.4  
1964 Ants Antson, USSR 2:10.3  
1968 Kees Verkerk, NED 2:03.4  OR
1972 Ard Schenk, NED2:02.96 OR
1976 Jan Egil Storholt, NOR 1:59.38 OR
1980 Eric Heiden, USA 1:55.44 OR
1984 Gaétan Boucher, CAN 1:58.36  
1988 Andre Hoffman, E. Ger 1:52.06 WR
1992 Johann Olav Koss, NOR 1:54.81  
1994 Johann Olav Koss, NOR 1:51.29 WR
1998Aadne Sondral, NOR1:47.87WR
2002Derek Parra, USA1:43.95WR
2006Enrico Fabris, ITA1:45.97 

5000 meters

Year  Time  
1924 Clas Thunberg, FIN 8:39.0    
1928 Ivar Ballangrud, NOR 8:50.5    
1932 Irving Jaffee, USA 9:40.8    
1936 Ivar Ballangrud, NOR 8:19.6   OR
1948 Reidar Liaklev, NOR 8:29.4    
1952 Hjalmar Andersen, NOR 8:10.6   OR
1956 Boris Shilkov, USSR 7:48.7   OR
1960 Viktor Kosichkin, USSR 7:51.3    
1964 Knut Johannesen, NOR 7:38.4   OR
1968 Fred Anton Maier, NOR 7:22.4   WR
1972 Ard Schenk, NED7:23.61   
1976 Sten Stensen, NOR 7:24.48    
1980 Eric Heiden, USA 7:02.29   OR
1984 Tomas Gustafson, SWE 7:12.28    
1988 Tomas Gustafson, SWE 6:44.63   WR
1992 Geir Karlstad, NOR 6:59.97    
1994 Johann Olav Koss, NOR 6:34.96   WR
1998Gianni Romme, NED6:22.20  WR
2002Jochem Uytdehaage, NED6:14.66  WR
2006Chad Hedrick, USA6:14.68   

10,000 meters

Year  Time  
1924 Julius Skutnabb, FIN 18:04.8  
1928 Irving Jaffee, USA* 18:36.5  
1932 Irving Jaffee, USA 19:13.6  
1936 Ivar Ballangrud, NOR 17:24.3 OR
1948 Ake Seyffarth, SWE 17:26.3  
1952 Hjalmar Andersen, NOR 16:45.8 OR
1956 Sigvard Ericsson, SWE 16:35.9 OR
1960 Knut Johannesen, NOR 15:46.6 WR
1964 Jonny Nilsson, SWE 15:50.1  
1968 Johnny Höglin, SWE 15:23.6 OR
1972 Ard Schenk, NED15:01.35 OR
1976 Piet Kleine, NED14:50.59 OR
1980 Eric Heiden, USA 14:28.13 WR
1984 Igor Malkov, USSR 14:39.90  
1988 Tomas Gustafson, SWE 13:48.20 WR
1992 Bart Veldkamp, NED14:12.12  
1994 Johann Olav Koss, NOR 13:30.55 WR
1998Gianni Romme, NED13:15.33WR
2002Jochem Uytdehaage, NED12:58.92WR
2006Bob de Jong, NED13:01.57 

Team Pursuit

Year  Time  
2006Italy3:44.46 
*Unofficial, according to the IOC. Jaffee recorded the fastest time, but the event was called off in progress due to thawing ice.

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