For the short track speed skating

Short track speed skating

Short track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters skate on an oval ice track with a circumference of 111.12 m...

 events, see Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating. All events were held at the Salt Lake Ice Center.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...

Speed skating

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 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

, was held over fourteen days, from 9 February to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval

Utah Olympic Oval

The Utah Olympic Oval, an indoor speed skating oval built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, is located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. The Oval hosted the long track speed skating events for the 2002 games. Inside the facility the 400-meter skating track surrounds two international sized...

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Medal table

1		3	5	0	8
2		3	3	2	8
3		3	1	4	8
4		1	0	2	3
5		0	1	0	1
6		0	0	2	2

Men's events

500 metres	|69.23	|69.26		69.47
1000 metres	|1:07.18	|1:07.53		1:07.89
1500 metres	| 1:43.95	| 1:44.57		1:45.26
5000 metres		6:14.66	| 6:17.98		6:21.73
10000 metres		12:58.92		13:10.03		13:16.92

Women's events

500 metres	|74.75	|74.94		75.19
1000 metres	|1:13.83	|1:13.96		1:14.24
1500 metres	|1:54.02	|1:54.97		1:55.32
3000 metres	|3:57.70	|3:58.94		3:58.97
5000 metres	| 6:46.91		6:49.22	| 6:53.53

Records

Salt Lake City's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the Utah Olympic Oval

Utah Olympic Oval

The Utah Olympic Oval, an indoor speed skating oval built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, is located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. The Oval hosted the long track speed skating events for the 2002 games. Inside the facility the 400-meter skating track surrounds two international sized...

's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.

Event	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres The Men's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races....	11 February	Heat 1	Casey FitzRandolph Casey FitzRandolph Casey J. FitzRandolph is an American speedskater.In 1997, FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the World Single Distance Championships on the 500 m.His best year so far was 2002...		34.42	OR
Men's 1000 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres The Men's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Gerard van Velde, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivered a surprise by skating a World Record and winning the gold medal.-Records:Prior to this...	16 February		Gerard van Velde Gerard van Velde Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....		1:07.18	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres The Men's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.In reverse order of the 5000 metres , Jochem Uytdehaage first broke the world record, only to see it bettered by Derek Parra, who won the third US skating gold of the Games...	19 February		Derek Parra Derek Parra Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....		1:43.95	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres The Men's 5000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Derek Parra and Jens Boden broke their personal bests by 15 seconds to win surprise medals, while Jochem Uytdehaage skated a new world record.-Records:Prior to this competition,...	9 February		Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...		6:14.66	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres The Men's 10000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Two-time gold medal winner Gianni Romme won a silver in the 10000, while Jochem Uytdehaage wins with a world record time, becoming the first man to break the 13-minute...	22 February		Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...		12:58.92	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres The Women's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races....	13 February	Heat 1	Catriona Le May Doan		37.30	OR
Women's 1000 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres The Women's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.After suffering from mononucleosis, Chris Witty skated a new World Record to win by surprise...	16 February		Chris Witty Chris Witty Christine Diane Witty is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating....		1:13.83	OR	WR
Women's 1500 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres The Women's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Anni Friesinger came to terms with the pressure of being the favorite by skating a world record and winning the gold medal...	16 February		Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...		1:54.02	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres The Women's 3000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Claudia Pechstein won the gold medal at the distance after winning two bronzes and a silver medal in previous Olympics...	16 February		Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...		3:57.70	OR	WR
Women's 5000 metres Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres The Women's 5000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Claudia Pechstein secures her third gold medal in the distance, having won each of the three times that this distance has been skated by women in the Olympics between 1994 and...	16 February		Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...		6:46.91	OR	WR