The Speed Skating Competition

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games

1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...

was held on the outdoor track of the Zetra Ice Rink (564 m above sea level) in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

, from Wednesday February 8 to Sunday February 19, 1984.

500 m

Friday February 10, 1984 — 42 competitors from 20 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		38.19
		38.30
		0:00.00001
4.		38.55
5.		38.56
6.		38.57
7.		38.58
8.		38.65

1,000 m

Tuesday February 14, 1984 — 44 competitors from 20 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		0:00.0001
		1:16.63
		1:16.75
4.		1:16.85
5.		1:17.33
6.		1:17.42
7.		1:17.46
8.		1:17.46

1,500 m

Thursday February 16, 1984 — 40 competitors from 20 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		1:58.36
		1:58.83
		1:58.89
4.		1:59.39
5.		1:59.41
6.		1:59.73
7.		1:59.77
8.		1:59.81

5,000 m

Sunday February 12, 1984 — 42 competitors from 20 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		7:12.28
		7:12.30
		7:17.49
4.		7:17.63
5.		7:17.96
6.		7:17.97
7.		7:18.27
8.		7:18.61

10,000 m

Saturday February 18, 1984 — 32 competitors from 17 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		14:39.90
		14:39.95
		14:46.91
4.		14:52.40
5.		14:53.78
6.		14:55.65
7.		14:57.30
8.		14:57.81

500 m

Friday February 10, 1984 — 33 competitors from 16 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		41.02
		41.28
		41.50
4.		41.70
5.		42.16
6.		42.19
7.		42.40
8.		42.53

1,000 m

Monday February 13, 1984 — 38 competitors from 17 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		1:21.61
		1:22.83
		1:23.21
4.		1:23.68
5.		1:23.98
6.		1:25.36
7.		1:25.81
8.		1:25.87

1,500 m

Thursday February 9, 1984 — 32 competitors from 15 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		2:03.42
		2:05.29
		2:05.78
4.		2:07.69
5.		2:08.08
6.		2:08.17
7.		2:08.41
8.		2:09.53

3,000 m

Wednesday February 15, 1984 — 26 competitors from 14 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		4:24.79
		4:26.33
		4:33.13
4.		4:34.42
5.		4:34.80
6.		4:36.25
7.		4:36.28
8.		4:37.36

1. Christian Eminger
   Christian Eminger
   Christian Eminger is a former ice speed skater from Austria. He represented Austria in three Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia....
   
   
2. Michael Hadschieff
   Michael Hadschieff
   Michael Florian Hadschieff is a former speed skater from Austria.-Biography:At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances , winning medals in two of those...
   
   
3. Werner Jäger
   Werner Jäger
   Werner Jäger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia-References:*...
   
   
4. Heinz Steinberger
   Heinz Steinberger
   Heinz Steinberger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in two Winter Olympics .-References:*...
   
   

1. Gaétan Boucher
   Gaétan Boucher
   Gaétan Boucher, OC, CQ is a former Speed skating Olympic champion from Canada.A four-time Olympic medalist, Boucher was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding male athlete of 1984. He was named number 10 on the list of Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century...
   
   
2. Sylvie Daigle
   Sylvie Daigle
   Sylvie Daigle is a Canadian speed skater. She is a member of Canadian Short Track relay team that won gold medal in 1992 Winter Olympics and silver medal in 1994 Winter Olympics. She is also a five-time Overall World Champion...
   
   
3. Natalie Grenier
4. Benoît Lamarche
5. Jean Pichette
6. Jacques Thibault
7. Daniel Turcotte

1. Cao Guifeng
2. Chen Jiangqiang
3. Gai Zhiwu
4. Kong Meiyu
5. Li Wei
6. Miao Min
7. Shen Guoqin
8. Wang Feifan
9. Wang Guifang
10. Wang Nianchun
11. Wang Xiuli
12. Zhao Shijian

1. Andreas Dietel
2. Andreas Ehrig
3. André Hoffmann
4. Karin Enke
   Karin Enke
   Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...
   
   
5. Uwe-Jens Mey
   Uwe-Jens Mey
   Uwe-Jens Mey is a former speed skater, considered to be the fastest sprinter of his time because of his 500 metres supremacy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Warsaw, Poland....
   
   
6. Christa Rothenburger
   Christa Rothenburger
   Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany.- Short biography :...
   
   
7. René Schöfisch
   René Schöfisch
   René Schöfisch is a German speed skater who competed for East Germany in the 1984 Winter Olympics.He was born in East Berlin.In 1980 he won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres event as well as in the 10000 metres competition....
   
   
8. Gabi Schönbrunn
   Gabi Zange
   Gabriele Zange, born Schönbrunn Gabriele ("Gabi") Zange, born Schönbrunn Gabriele ("Gabi") Zange, born Schönbrunn (born June 1, 1961 in Crimmitschau, (now Free State of Saxony) is a former German speed skater. She was in the world elite on the long distances (3000 m and 5000 m). She won three...
   
   
9. Andrea Schöne
   Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich
   Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...
   
   
10. Skadi Walter

1. Shoko Fusano
2. Kimihiro Hamaya
3. Seiko Hashimoto
   Seiko Hashimoto
   Seiko Hashimoto is a former ice speed skater and track cycling sprinter from Japan, who represented her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea...
   
   
4. Toshiaki Imamura
5. Yoshihiro Kitazawa
   Yoshihiro Kitazawa
   is a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō.In 1984 he won the silver medal in the 500 metres event. In the 1000 metres competition he finished 31st.-External links:*...
   
   
6. Akira Kuroiwa
   Akira Kuroiwa
   is a former ice speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres, after having captured two world titles at the Sprints Championships...
   
   
7. Hiromi Ozawa
8. Masahito Shinohara
9. Yasushi Suzuki

1. Alie Boorsma
2. Hilbert van der Duim
   Hilbert van der Duim
   Hilbert van der Duim is a former speed skater. A two-time world and European champion, Van der Duim "won often but also fell often", and has become famous for some of the incidents that happened to him during his career.-Career:Hilbert van der Duim became World Allround Champion in 1980, being the...
   
   
3. Yvonne van Gennip
   Yvonne van Gennip
   Yvonne Maria van Gennip was one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she surprisingly won three gold medals...
   
   
4. Yep Kramer
   Yep Kramer
   Yep Kramer is a Dutch-Frisian long track and marathon speed skater. He is the father of speed skaters Sven Kramer and Brecht Kramer....
   
   
5. Geert Kuiper
6. Thea Limbach
7. Frits Schalij
8. Hein Vergeer
   Hein Vergeer
   Henricus Coenradus Nicolaas Vergeer is a Dutch former speed skater who became both European and World Allround Champion in both 1985 and 1986 .Hein Vergeer was a dominant allround skater, but after having recovered from...
   
   
9. Ria Visser
   Ria Visser
   Adriana Johanna Visser is a former ice speed skater from the NetherlandsVisser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 1979 and 1980 she won the bronze medal in the World Junior Speed Skating...
   
   
10. Robert Vunderink
11. Jan Ykema
    Jan Ykema
    Jan Jelte Ykema is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988 he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres...
    
    

1. Han Chun-Ok
2. Kim Chang-Hae
3. Kim Gwang-Hyun
4. Kim Song-Hui
5. Lim Ri-Bin
6. Park Gum-Hyon

1. Kai Arne Engelstad
   Kai Arne Engelstad
   Kai Arne Engelstad is a former speed skater from Norway.Engelstad specialised on the sprint, with his strongest distance being the 1,000 m...
   
   
2. Rolf Falk-Larssen
   Rolf Falk-Larssen
   Rolf Falk-Larssen is a former speed skater.Representing Trondhjems Skøiteklub, Rolf Falk-Larssen made his international debut at the European Allround Championships of 1982 and he was in the lead after three distances. On the final distance , he was paired against Tomas Gustafson, the number two...
   
   
3. Edel Therese Høiseth
   Edel Therese Høiseth
   Edel Therese Høiseth is a former speed skater from Norway, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m....
   
   
4. Bjørg Eva Jensen
   Bjørg Eva Jensen
   Bjørg Eva Jensen is a speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Jensen had her best year in 1980 when, while still a junior, she became Junior World Allround Champion, won bronze at the World Allround Championships, and won gold on the 3,000 m at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.Although...
   
   
5. Geir Karlstad
   Geir Karlstad
   Geir Karlstad is a former speed skater.-Short biography:Although best at the longest distances , Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champion in 1982 and, as a senior, won bronze in both the World and European Allround Championships in 1989...
   
   
6. Henry Nilsen
   Henry Nilsen
   Henry Nilsen is a Norwegian speed skater. He was born in Trondheim, and represended the club Kongsvinger IL. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.-References:...
   
   
7. Bjørn Nyland
   Bjørn Nyland
   Bjørn Nyland is a Norwegian speed skater, born in Lillestrøm. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He won a bronze medal at the 1983 European all-round speed skating championships.-References:...
   
   
8. Frode Rønning
   Frode Rønning
   Frode Rønning is a former speed skater and coach from Norway.During many speed skating seasons, Rønning was the world's best sprinter. Rønning participated in the 13 sprint world championships between 1977 and 1989, he became champion in 1981, and won silver in 1978 and bronze in 1979 and 1982...
   
   

1. Lilianna Morawiec
2. Erwina Ryś-Ferens
3. Zofia Tokarczyk

1. Bae Ki-Tae
   Bae Ki-Tae
   Bae Ki-Tae is a former speed skater from South Korea. In 1990, he became the first Korean speed-skater to win a senior championship, winning gold at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships held in Tromsø, Norway...
   
   
2. Choi Seung-Yun
3. Lee Kyung-Ja
4. Lee Yeon-Ju
5. Lee Yeong-Ha
6. Na Yun-Su

1. Sergey Berezin
2. Dmitry Bochkaryov
3. Oleg Bozhev
   Oleg Bozhev
   Oleg Felevich Bozhev is a former speed skater. He trained at VSS Trud.-Short biography:Competing for the Soviet Union, Oleg Bozhev had his best year in 1984 when he won a bronze medal on the 1,500 m at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, became World Allround Champion ten days later, became...
   
   
4. Aleksandr Danilin
5. Sergey Fokichev
   Sergey Fokichev
   Sergey Rostislavovich Fokichev is a former Russian speed skater who represented the USSR at the 1984 Olympics of Sarajevo, where he won the 500 m. He trained at VSS Trud and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1984.-References:...
   
   
6. Natalya Glebova
   Natalya Glebova
   Natalya Glebova is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1984 Winter Olympics and in the 1988 Winter Olympics.She was born in Kemerovo....
   
   
7. Valentina Golovenkina
8. Sergey Khlebnikov
   Sergey Khlebnikov
   Sergey Anatolevich Khlebnikov was a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 and the 1984 Winter Olympics.He was born in Sortavala and died in Moscow by drowning in the Mitinskoe pond; "an oak of a man," the Western press described him as a "tank" and a typical product of...
   
   
9. Konstantin Korotkov
10. Vladimir Kozlov
11. Irina Kovrova
12. Natalya Kurova
13. Igor Malkov
    Igor Malkov
    Igor Alekseyevich Malkov is a former speedskater.Igor Malkov trained at VSS Trud in Sverdlovsk...
    
    
14. Pavel Pegov
    Pavel Pegov
    Pavel Georgievich Pegov is a former speed skater who specialised in the shorter 500 metres and 1000 metres distances. He studied at the East Siberian Technological Institute and trained with Nina Bobrova, and later at the Armed Forces sports society...
    
    
15. Natalya Petrusyova
16. Olga Pleshkova
17. Viktor Shasherin
    Viktor Shasherin
    Viktor Shasherin is a former Soviet speedskater.He set world record in 5,000 m in Medeo in 1984, with the time 6:49.15.He set world record in 3,000 m in Davos in 1986, with the time 4:03.22.-References:...
    
    

1. Claes Bengtsson
2. Annette Carlén-Karlsson
3. Jan-Åke Carlberg
4. Tomas Gustafson
   Tomas Gustafson
   Sven Tomas Gustafson is a retired speed skater, and one of the most successful distance skaters of the 1980s. He was born in Katrineholm, Sweden.-Early career:...
   
   
5. Jan Junell
6. Hans Magnusson

1. Bonnie Blair
   Bonnie Blair
   Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.-Career:Blair...
   
   
2. Katie Class
3. Mary Docter
   Mary Docter
   Mary Angela Docter is an American speed skater from Madison, Wisconsin. She competed in four Olympic Games , mainly in the 3,000 meter event...
   
   
4. Jane Goldman
5. Erik Henriksen
6. Mark Huck
7. Dan Jansen
   Dan Jansen
   Daniel Erwin Jansen is a former speed skater, best known for winning a gold medal in his final Olympic race after suffering through years of heartbreak. He graduated from West Allis Central High School....
   
   
8. Mark Mitchell
9. Connie Paraskevin
   Connie Paraskevin
   Constance Anne Paraskevin, known as Connie is a retired American professional track cyclist and speed skater...
   
   
10. Pamela Albrecht
11. Nancy Swider
12. Zane Thometz
13. Mike Woods

1. Hansjörg Baltes
2. Monika Pflug
   Monika Pflug
   Monika Pflug , also known as Monika Holzner-Pflug and Monika Gawenus-Pflug, is a former speed skater from Germany. She was born in Munich and competed for West Germany....
   
   
3. Andreas Lemcke
4. Hans-Peter Oberhuber
5. Wolfgang Scharf
6. Sigrid Smuda
7. Uwe Streb

1. Nenad Žvanut
2. Bibija Kerla
3. Behudin Merdović
4. Dubravka Vukušić