Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing, China between 5 and 19 February 2022. It will be the 24th time speed skating will be held at the Winter Olympics (17th time for women). A total of 14 events will be contested, 7 for men and 7 for women. The same 14 events as in 2018. For more gender equality the maximum quota places are the same for men as for women with 83 speed skaters per gender (in 2018 100 men and 80 women), with the total quota places reduced from 180 to 166.

Speed Skating
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval
Dates5–19 February 2022
No. of events14 (7 men, 7 women)
Speed skating at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen

Qualification
Main article: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total quota of 166 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (maximum 83 men and 83 women).[1] For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes (maximum 100 men and 80 women).[2] The maximum total number of athletes per gender per nation was 9, compared to 10 in 2018. Countries will be assigned quotas based on the results of ISU Speed Skating World Cup competitions. When quota reached, each nation will be permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m, 10,000m and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.[1]

Qualification times

The following qualification times were released in July 1, 2021, and were unchanged from 2018.[3]

EventMenWomen
500 metres35.7039.50
1000 metres1:10.501:18.00
1500 metres1:48.001:59.50
3000 metresN/A4:12.00
5000 metres6:30.007:20.00 or 4:08.00 (3000 m)
10,000 metres13:30.00 or 6:25.00 (5000 m)N/A
Mass start1:57.50 (1500 m)2:10.00 (1500 m)

Competition schedule

The following will be the provisional competition schedule for all speed skating events.[4] With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.

All times are local times.

DayDateTimeEvent
Day 1Saturday, 5 February16:30-18:05Women's 3000 metres
Day 2Sunday, 6 February16:30-18:25Men's 5000 metres
Day 3Monday, 7 February16:30-18:05Women's 1500 metres
Day 4Tuesday, 8 February18:30-20:00Men's 1500 metres
Day 6Thursday, 10 February20:00-21:30Women's 5000 metres
Day 7Friday, 11 February16:00-18:05Men's 10,000 metres
Day 8Saturday, 12 February16:00-17:45Team pursuit women – Quarterfinals
Men's 500 metres
Day 9Sunday, 13 February21:00-22:50Team pursuit men – Quarterfinals
Women's 500 metres
Day 11Tuesday, 15 February14:30-17:15Team pursuit men – Finals
Team pursuit women – Finals
Day 13Thursday, 17 February16:30-17:55Women's 1000 metres
Day 14Friday, 18 February16:30-17:50Men's 1000 metres
Day 15Saturday, 19 February15:00-17:35Mass start men
Mass start women

References
  1. "Beijing 2022 qualification system speed skating" (PDF). nocnsf.nl. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018". International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. "Info". www.beijing2022.cn. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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