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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/sports">Disciplines & Sports</a></li><li class="active">Speed Skating</li> </ol> <h1>Speed Skating</h1> <h2>Facts</h2> <table class='biodata'> <tr> <th>Discipline of</th> <td><a href="/sport_groups/SK">Skating</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Participants</th> <td><a href="/counts/sport/SSK">1753</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>NOCs</th> <td>44</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Competitions held</th> <td> 202 (<a href="/venues/sports/SSK">Venues</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <th>Distinct events</th> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <th>IF</th> <td><a href="/organizations/2">International Skating Union</a></td> </tr> </table> <h2> Description </h2> <div class='description'> <p>Speed skating emerged on the canals of Holland as early as the 13th century. Competition has been held in the <a href="/countries/NED">Netherlands</a> since at least 1676. The sport spread throughout Europe and national competitions were held in the 1870s.</p> <p>The first World Championships were contested in 1889, although the <a href="/organizations/2">International Skating Union (ISU)</a> held its first championships in 1893, one year after its formation. The ISU was formed in 1892, the first true international governing body of any winter sport, and it also governs <a href="/sports/FSK">figure skating</a> and <a href="/sports/STK">short track speed skating</a>. As of 2022, the ISU has 102 members. However, because several nations have both a figure skating and a speed skating member, only 81 nations are represented in the ISU.</p> <p>Speed skating was contested at the <a href="/editions/29/sports/SSK">1924 Olympic Winter Games</a> and has been on the Olympic Program since. Women first competed in speed skating at the <a href="/editions/31/sports/SSK">Winter Olympics in 1932</a> as a demonstration sport. As a full medal sport, women’s speed skating was planned for <a href="/editions/55">1940</a>, but did not actually begin until <a href="/editions/36/sports/SSK">1960</a>.</p> <p>Olympic speed skating has almost always been contested in the European system of skating time trials in two-man pairs. At Lake Placid 1932, the Americans convinced the ISU to hold the events in the North American style of pack racing. Several top Europeans boycotted the events as a result, and the Americans won all four gold medals. In 2014 a mass start event for men and women was added to the Olympic speed skating programme.</p> <p>At the last few Winter Olympics, the Netherlands has been absolutely dominant in speed skating. They are the all-time national leader, with 133 medals and 48 gold medals through 2022. They are followed in the medal list by the <a href="/countries/USA">United States</a> (30 golds, 71 medals), <a href="/countries/NOR">Norway</a> (28 golds, 87 medals), and the former <a href="/countries/URS">Soviet Union</a> (24 golds, 60 medals).</p> <p>In 1980, the United States’ <a href="/athletes/86551">Eric Heiden</a> won all five available gold medals, a dominance in speed skating matched only by the USSR’s <a href="/athletes/82395">Lidiya Skoblikova</a>, who won all four women’s events in 1964. In the men’s competition, Heiden’s five gold medals are equaled by Finland’s <a href="/athletes/98260">Clas Thunberg</a>. The overall male medal count is led by Dutch skater <a href="/athletes/109681">Sven Kramer</a>, with nine Olympic medals. Skoblikova’s leads the women’s gold medal count, with six golds, the same as Dutchwoman <a href="/athletes/109767">Ireen Wüst</a>. Wüst is the most decorated Olympic speed skater, with a record 13 medals.</p> </div> <h2>All-time medal table</h2> <h3>Olympic Games</h3> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th colspan='2'>NOC</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Bronze</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/NED">Netherlands</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NED"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NED.png" /> NED</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>44</td> <td>41</td> <td>133</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/USA">United States</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>22</td> <td>19</td> <td>71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/NOR">Norway</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NOR.png" /> NOR</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/URS">Soviet Union</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>17</td> <td>19</td> <td>60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GER">Germany</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GER"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GER.png" /> GER</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CAN">Canada</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CAN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CAN.png" /> CAN</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>42</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/SWE">Sweden</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/SWE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SWE.png" /> SWE</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GDR">East Germany</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GDR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GDR.png" /> GDR</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/FIN">Finland</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/FIN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FIN.png" /> FIN</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>24</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/JPN">Japan</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/JPN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/JPN.png" /> JPN</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>26</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/KOR">Republic of Korea</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/RUS">Russian Federation</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" /> RUS</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CZE">Czechia</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CZE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CZE.png" /> CZE</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/FRG">West Germany</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/FRG"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FRG.png" /> FRG</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CHN">People's Republic of China</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHN.png" /> CHN</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ITA">Italy</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" /> ITA</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/AUT">Austria</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUT"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUT.png" /> AUT</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/POL">Poland</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/POL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/POL.png" /> POL</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BEL">Belgium</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BEL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BEL.png" /> BEL</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ROC">ROC</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ROC"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ROC.png" /> ROC</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BLR">Belarus</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BLR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BLR.png" /> BLR</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/PRK">Democratic People's Republic of Korea</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/PRK"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/PRK.png" /> PRK</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/KAZ">Kazakhstan</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KAZ"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KAZ.png" /> KAZ</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Youth Olympic Games</h3> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th colspan='2'>NOC</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Bronze</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/KOR">Republic of Korea</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CHN">People's Republic of China</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHN.png" /> CHN</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/NED">Netherlands</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NED"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NED.png" /> NED</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/JPN">Japan</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/JPN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/JPN.png" /> JPN</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/MIX">Mixed team</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/MIX"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/MIX.png" /> MIX</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/RUS">Russian Federation</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" /> RUS</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BLR">Belarus</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BLR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BLR.png" /> BLR</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/COL">Colombia</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/COL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/COL.png" /> COL</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CZE">Czechia</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CZE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CZE.png" /> CZE</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ESP">Spain</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ESP"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ESP.png" /> ESP</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ITA">Italy</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" /> ITA</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/NOR">Norway</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NOR.png" /> NOR</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/USA">United States</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> </table> <h2>Most successful competitors</h2> <h3>Olympic Games</h3> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th>Athlete</th> <th>Nat</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Bronze</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/109767">Ireen Wüst</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NED"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NED.png" /> NED</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/82395">Lidiya Skoblikova</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" /> RUS</a><br/><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/82053">Claudia Pechstein</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GER"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GER.png" /> GER</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/98260">Clas Thunberg</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/FIN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FIN.png" /> FIN</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/80673">Bonnie Blair</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/86551">Eric Heiden</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/109681">Sven Kramer</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NED"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NED.png" /> NED</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/83820">Ivar Ballangrud</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NOR.png" /> NOR</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/86236">Yevgeny Grishin</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" /> RUS</a><br/><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/88548">Johann Olav Koss</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NOR.png" /> NOR</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Youth Olympic Games</h3> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th>Athlete</th> <th>Nat</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Bronze</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/2300225">Yang Fan</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHN.png" /> CHN</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/140192">Motonaga Arito</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/JPN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/JPN.png" /> JPN</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/2300657">Sanneke de Neeling</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NED"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NED.png" /> NED</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/137634">Park Ji-Wu</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/137638">Kim Min-Seok</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/2300599">Jang Mi</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/137637">Jeong Jae-Ung</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/2300223">Liu An</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHN.png" /> CHN</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/137633">Kim Min-Seon</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/140186">Yukino Yoshida</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/JPN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/JPN.png" /> JPN</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/140205">Yang Binyu</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHN.png" /> CHN</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/2301535">Noemi Bonazza</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" /> ITA</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> </table> <h2>Event types</h2> <table class='table table-striped sortable'> <thead> <th>Name</th> <th>Gender</th> <th>Still contested?</th> <th>Times held?</th> </thead> <tbody> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/530">500 metres</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>24</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/531">1,000 metres</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/532">1,500 metres</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>24</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/533">5,000 metres</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>24</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/534">10,000 metres</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>24</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/1034">Mass Start</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/535">Team Pursuit (8 laps)</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/537">500 metres</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/538">1,000 metres</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/539">1,500 metres</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/540">3,000 metres</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>17</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/541">5,000 metres</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/1035">Mass Start</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/542">Team Pursuit (6 laps)</a></td> <td>Women</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2056">500 metres</a></td> <td>Boys</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2054">1,500 metres</a></td> <td>Boys</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2055">3,000 metres</a></td> <td>Boys</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2057">Mass Start</a></td> <td>Boys</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2052">500 metres</a></td> <td>Girls</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2050">1,500 metres</a></td> <td>Girls</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2051">3,000 metres</a></td> <td>Girls</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2053">Mass Start</a></td> <td>Girls</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2063">Team Sprint</a></td> <td>Mixed Youth</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/2640">Relay</a></td> <td>Mixed Youth</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span></td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><a href="/event_names/536">Allround</a></td> <td>Men</td> <td><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove"></span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>The sport of luge made its Olympic débute in Innsbruck, 1964. 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