Men's Olympic Speed Skating

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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, Jochem Uytdehaage, and Shani Davis (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
1998	Hiroyashu Shimizu, JPN	71.35*	OR
2002	Casey FitzRandolph, USA	69.23	OR
2006	Joey Cheek, USA	69.76
2010	Mo Tae-Bum, KOR	69.82

*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
1998	Ids Postma, NED	1:10.64	OR
2002	Gerard van Velde, NED	1:07.18	WR
2006	Shani Davis, USA	1:08.89
2010	Shani Davis, USA	1:08.94

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, NED	2:02.96	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
1998	Aadne Sondral, NOR	1:47.87	WR
2002	Derek Parra, USA	1:43.95	WR
2006	Enrico Fabris, ITA	1:45.97
2010	Mark Tuitert, NED	1:45.57

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, NED	7:23.61
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
1998	Gianni Romme, NED	6:22.20	WR
2002	Jochem Uytdehaage, NED	6:14.66	WR
2006	Chad Hedrick, USA	6:14.68
2010	Sven Kramer, NED	6:14.60	OR

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, NED	15:01.35	OR
1976	Piet Kleine, NED	14:50.59	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, NED	14:12.12
1994	Johann Olav Koss, NOR	13:30.55	WR
1998	Gianni Romme, NED	13:15.33	WR
2002	Jochem Uytdehaage, NED	12:58.92	WR
2006	Bob de Jong, NED	13:01.57
2010	Lee Seung-Hoon, KOR	12:58.55	OR