Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics - Speed Skating

You can view the schedule here. Speed skating runs 7th - 21st February 2026.
What is Speed Skating?
In speed skating, the track is 400 metres long: the same size as an Olympic running track. Athletes race against the clock in a timed format. There is a single round where athletes try to obtain the best time. Athletes use skates equipped with a special system called a clap blade which has a hinge mechanism on the heel that allows the blade to remain in contact with the ice at the end of a sprint.
In the mass start, in contrast to the traditional long track, which is timed and involves heats. All athletes start together and race against one another.
In the team pursuit, each team has three athletes that compete in elimination races to reach the final.
A very brief history of speed skating
Speed skating developed in the late 1600s as a means of quickly moving over frozen rivers and lakes. It became an Olympic sport in 1924.
Speed skating made its Olympic debut at the 1924 Games in Chamonix, with four distances (500 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, and 10000 m) in the men's competition. Women's events were added to the programme at the 1932 Games in Lake Placid for demonstration purposes and officially included at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley.

That's not figure skating.

Women's 3000m Medalists:
: Francesca Lollobrigida (🇮🇹)
: Ragne Wiklund (🇳🇴)
: Valerie Maltais (🇨🇦)

To be up to date, here comes another medal ranking in this discipline.
Mixed team relay:
Italy
Canada
Belgium
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