Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 to 12 February. Eight events were contested at L'Anneau de Vitesse in Grenoble, France.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
The Netherlands topped the medal table, with nine medals, three of each type. Three tied events meant that only five bronze medals were awarded. The gold medal won by Erhard Keller was the first medal in speedskating for West Germany as a separate country.
Five athletes shared the top of the individual medal table, with one gold and one silver each: Kees Verkerk and Carry Geijssen of the Netherlands, Finland's Kaija Mustonen, the Soviet Union's Lyudmila Titova and Norway's Fred Anton Maier.
Three American female skaters were tied for a silver in the women's 500 meters, all showing the same time.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 40.3 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist |
40.5 | None awarded | |
| 1500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:03.4 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist |
2:05.0 | None awarded | |
| 5000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 7:22.4 (WR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 7:23.2 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 7:25.5 |
| 10,000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 15:23.6 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 15:23.9 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 15:31.8 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 46.1 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist |
46.3 | None awarded | |
| 1000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 1:32.6 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 1:32.9 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 1:33.4 |
| 1500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:22.4 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:22.7 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:24.5 |
| 3000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 4:56.2 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 5:01.0 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 5:01.3 |
Records
One world record and six Olympic records were set at Grenoble. The only Olympic records not broken were in the two shortest events, the men's and women's 500 metres.[3][4]
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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| Men's 1500 metres | 16 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 2:03.4 | OR | |
| Men's 5000 metres | 15 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 7:22.4 | OR | WR |
| Men's 10,000 metres | 17 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 15:23.6 | OR | |
| Women's 1000 metres | 11 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 1:32.6 | OR | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 10 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 2:22.4 | OR | |
| Women's 3000 metres | 12 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 4:56.2 | OR |
Participating NOCs
Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Grenoble. East and West Germany made their debuts as separate teams.
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