Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval
Dates10–24 February 2018
No. of events14

The speed skating competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics are scheduled to be held at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung between 10 and 24 February 2018.[1]

Events

The International Skating Union announced that it would try to add a mass start event to the Olympic program.[2] The ISU agreed to add the mass start, but if the IOC would accept it, that would also mean the 500 meters event would be raced only once (opposed to twice as it was between 1998 and 2014).[3] The mass start was eventually accepted by the IOC.[4]

Men's events[5]

  • 500 m
  • 1000 m
  • 1500 m
  • 5000 m
  • 10,000 m
  • Mass start
  • Team pursuit

Women's events[5]

  • 500 m
  • 1000 m
  • 1500 m
  • 3000 m
  • 5000 m
  • Mass start
  • Team pursuit

Competition schedule

Day Date Start Finish Event Phase
Day 2 Saturday, 10 February 2018 Men's 5000 m
Day 3 Sunday, 11 February 2018 Women's 3000 m
Day 4 Monday, 12 February 2018 Men's 500 m
Day 5 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Women's 500 m
Day 6 Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Men's 1000 m
Day 7 Thursday, 15 February 2018 Women's 1000 m
Day 9 Saturday, 17 February 2018 Men's 1500 m
Day 10 Sunday, 18 February 2018 Women's 1500 m
Day 12 Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Men's 10,000 m
Day 13 Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Women's 5,000 m
Day 15 Friday, 23 February 2018 Team pursuit men Heats
Team pursuit women Heats
Day 16 Saturday, 24 February 2018 Team pursuit men Finals
Team pursuit women Finals

Bold sessions are final sessions. Competition schedule from pyeongchang2018.org (Newhorizons).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "General Overview of Competition Venues". July 6, 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "ISU wil dat mass start olympische status krijgt". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "ISU: massastart bij Spelen van 2018". NOS.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Winter Olympics: Big air, mixed curling among new 2018 events". BBC.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pyeongchang Volume 2" (PDF). Newhorizons. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

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