Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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At the 2002 Winter Olympics, ten speed skating events were contested.

Contents 1 Men's Events 1.1 500 m 1.2 1,000 m 1.3 1,500 m 1.4 5,000 m 1.5 10,000 m 2 Women's Events 2.1 500 m 2.2 1,000 m 2.3 1,500 m 2.4 3,000 m 2.5 5,000 m 3 List of participants by nation 3.1 Austria 3.2 Belarus 3.3 Belgium 3.4 Canada 3.5 PR China 3.6 Czech Republic 3.7 Finland 3.8 France 3.9 Germany 3.10 Hungary 3.11 Italy 3.12 Japan 3.13 Kazakhstan 3.14 Latvia 3.15 Netherlands 3.16 Norway 3.17 Poland 3.18 Romania 3.19 Russia 3.20 South Korea 3.21 Sweden 3.22 Ukraine 3.23 United States 4 References

[edit] Men's Events

[edit] 500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Casey FitzRandolph (USA)	1:09.23 (34.42 + 34.81)
Silver	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	1:09.26 (34.61 + 34.65)
Bronze	Kip Carpenter (USA)	1:09.47 (34.68 + 34.79)

Favorite Jeremy Wotherspoon falls in the first heat, taking him out of contention, but posts the fastest time in the second heat. FitzRandolph was the first American to win the event since Eric Heiden in 1980, who was in attendance as the team orthopedist. American Speedskater Wins Gold, The New York Times, February 12, 2002

[edit] 1,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Gerard van Velde (NED)	1:07.18 (WR)
Silver	Jan Bos (NED)	1:07.53
Bronze	Joey Cheek (USA)	1:07.61

Van Velde, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivers a huge surprise by skating a World Record and winning the gold medal.

[edit] 1,500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Derek Parra (USA)	1:43.95 (WR)
Silver	Jochem Uytdehaage (NED)	1:44.57
Bronze	Ådne Søndrål (NOR)	1:45.26

In reverse order of the 5000 m, Uytdehaage first breaks the world record, which is later bettered by Parra, who wins the third US skating gold of the Games. He is the first Mexican-American to medal in a winter sport.

[edit] 5,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Jochem Uytdehaage (NED)	6:14.66 (WR)
Silver	Derek Parra (USA)	6:17.98
Bronze	Jens Boden (GER)	6:21.73

Parra and Boden break their personal bests by 15 seconds to win surprise medals, while Uytdehaage skates a new world record.

[edit] 10,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Jochem Uytdehaage (NED)	12:58.92 (WR)
Silver	Gianni Romme (NED)	13:10.03
Bronze	Lasse Sætre (NOR)	13:16.92

2 x gold medal winner from Nagano '98 Romme wins another medal, while Uytdehaage wins with a stunning world record, breaking the 13 minute barrier.

[edit] Women's Events

[edit] 500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN)	1:14.75 (37.30 + 37.45)
Silver	Monique Garbrecht (GER)	1:14.94 (37.34 + 37.60)
Bronze	Sabine Völker (GER)	1:15.19 (37.62 + 37.57)

World Record holder Catriona LeMay-Doan retains her Olympic title by beating 4 time World Sprint Champion Monique Garbrecht.

[edit] 1,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Christine Witty (USA)	1:13.83 (WR)
Silver	Sabine Völker (GER)	1:13.96
Bronze	Jennifer Rodriguez (USA)	1:14.24

After suffering from mononucleosis, Witty skates a new World Record to win by surprise. Rodriguez becomes the first US Hispanic woman to win an Olympic speed skating medal.

[edit] 1,500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Annie Friesinger (GER)	1:54.02 (WR)
Silver	Sabine Völker (GER)	1:54.97
Bronze	Jennifer Rodriguez (USA)	1:55.32

Finally Friesinger comes to terms with the pressure of being the favorite by skating a world record and winning the Gold Medal. Völker and Rodriguez repeat their 1000 m successes.

[edit] 3,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Claudia Pechstein (GER)	3:57.70 (WR)
Silver	Renate Groenewold (NED)	3:58.94
Bronze	Cindy Klassen (CAN)	3:58.97

Pechstein wins the Gold medal at this distance after winning two bronzes and a silver medal in previous Olympics. Favorite Anni Friesinger finishes fourth, while all medalists break the former world record.

[edit] 5,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Claudia Pechstein (GER)	6:46.91 (WR)
Silver	Gretha Smit (NED)	6:49.22
Bronze	Clara Hughes (CAN)	6:53.53

Claudia Pechstein wins the Gold Medal in each of the three times that this distance has been skated by women in the Olympics (1994-2002), and wins some medal in four consecutive Winter Games (1992-2002). Clara Hughes and Gretha Smit surprise by ending up on the podium too. The latter, breaking the world record in her race, only started competing in long track skating this year, although she and her sisters have proven almost unbeatable in marathon skating, which is performed in groups.

[edit] List of participants by nation

[edit] Austria

1. Emese Hunyady

[edit] Belarus

1. Svetlana Chepelnikova
2. Aleksey Khatylyov
3. Anzhelika Kotyuga
4. Igor Makovetski
5. Svetlana Radkevich

[edit] Belgium

1. Bart Veldkamp

[edit] Canada

1. Susan Auch
2. Pat Bouchard
3. Éric Brisson
4. Steven Elm
5. Kristina Groves
6. Clara Hughes
7. Mike Ireland
8. Cindy Klassen
9. Mark Knoll
10. Catriona LeMay Doan
11. Philippe Marois
12. Kevin Marshall
13. Dustin Molicki
14. Cindy Overland
15. Jeremy Wotherspoon

[edit] PR China

1. Gao Yang
2. Jin Hua
3. Li Yu
4. Liu Guangbin
5. Ma Yongbin
6. Song Li
7. Wang Manli
8. Xing Aihua
9. Yang Chunyuan
10. You Yanchun
11. Yu Fengtong
12. Zhang Xiaolei

[edit] Czech Republic

1. David Kramár

[edit] Finland

1. Janne Hänninen
2. Risto Rosendahl
3. Vesa Rosendahl

[edit] France

1. Cédric Kuentz

[edit] Germany

1. Daniela Anschütz
2. Jens Boden
3. Christian Breuer
4. Frank Dittrich
5. Monique Enfeldt-Garbrecht
6. Anni Friesinger
7. Jan Friesinger
8. Michael Künzel
9. Claudia Pechstein
10. René Taubenrauch
11. Sabine Völker
12. Marion Wohlrab
13. Jenny Wolf

[edit] Hungary

1. Zsolt Baló
2. Krisztina Egyed

[edit] Italy

1. Davide Carta
2. Stefano Donagrandi
3. Enrico Fabris
4. Dino Gillarduzzi
5. Ermanno Ioriatti
6. Nicola Mayr
7. Roberto Sighel
8. Chiara Simionato

[edit] Japan

1. Kuniomi Haneishi
2. Hiroki Hirako
3. Manabu Horii
4. Yusuke Imai
5. Toshihiko Itokawa
6. Yayoi Nagaoka
7. Takaharu Nakajima
8. Nami Nemoto
9. Hiroyuki Noake
10. Yuri Obara
11. Tomomi Okazaki
12. Sayuri Osuga
13. Eriko Sanmiya
14. Eriko Seo
15. Hiroyasu Shimizu
16. Keiji Shirahata
17. Maki Tabata
18. Toyoki Takeda
19. Aki Tonoike
20. Yukari Watanabe

[edit] Kazakhstan

1. Radik Bikchentayev
2. Anzhelika Gavrilova
3. Sergey Ilyushchenko
4. Vladimir Kostin
5. Lyudmila Prokasheva
6. Marina Pupina
7. Sergey Tsybenko
8. Nikolay Ulyanin

[edit] Latvia

1. Ilonda Lūse

[edit] Netherlands

1. Jan Bos
2. Renate Groenewold
3. Bob de Jong
4. Tonny de Jong
5. Andrea Nuyt
6. Ids Postma
7. Rintje Ritsma
8. Gianni Romme
9. Gretha Smit
10. Annamarie Thomas
11. Marianne Timmer
12. Jochem Uytdehaage
13. Gerard van Velde
14. Carl Verheijen
15. Marja Vis
16. Erben Wennemars
17. Marieke Wijsman

[edit] Norway

1. Petter Andersen
2. Stian Bjørge
3. Eskil Ervik
4. Grunde Njøs
5. Lasse Sætre
6. Ådne Søndrål
7. Kjell Storelid

[edit] Poland

1. Tomasz Świst
2. Paweł Abratkiewicz
3. Katarzyna Wójcicka
4. Paweł Zygmunt

[edit] Romania

1. Andreea Jakab
2. Daniela Oltean

[edit] Russia

1. Varvara Barysheva
2. Dmitry Dorofeyev
3. Svetlana Kaykan
4. Aleksandr Kibalko
5. Sergey Klevchenya
6. Yuri Kokhanets
7. Yevgeni Lalenkov
8. Dmitry Lobkov
9. Vadim Sayutin
10. Dmitry Shepel
11. Tatyana Trapeznikova
12. Valentina Yakshina
13. Svetlana Zhurova

[edit] South Korea

1. Baek Eun-Bi
2. Choi Jae-Bong
3. Choi Seung-Yong
4. Choi Yun-Suk
5. Jo Seon-Yeon
6. Kim Cheol-Su
7. Lee Kyu-Hyeok
8. Lee Seung-Hwan
9. Lee Yong-Ju
10. Mun Jun
11. Park Jae-Man
12. Yeo Sang-Yeop

[edit] Sweden

1. Johan Röjler

[edit] Ukraine

1. Andriy Fomin
2. Olena Myahkikh

[edit] United States

1. KC Boutiette
2. Kip Carpenter
3. Joey Cheek
4. Ann Driscoll
5. Casey FitzRandolph
6. Jason Hedstrand
7. Elli Ochowicz
8. Derek Parra
9. Nick Pearson
10. Marc Pelchat
11. Catherine Raney
12. Jennifer Rodriguez
13. Amy Sannes
14. JP Shilling
15. Becky Sundstrom
16. Jondon Trevena
17. Chris Witty

[edit] References

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