List of Olympic medalists in speed skating

Speed skating events for women were first held at the 1932 Winter Olympics, as part of the demonstration program.

The organizing committee of those Games advocated for the full inclusion of the women's events, but the IOC rejected that.

Russian Lidiya Skoblikova, who represented the Soviet Union, is one of four female Winter Olympians to win six gold medals (cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova, luger Natalie Geisenberger and the aforementioned Ireen Wüst are the others).

[3] In 2006, Canadian Cindy Klassen became the only other speed skater, and one of seven Winter Olympians, to win five medals—one gold, two silver, two bronze—at a single edition of the Games.

[5] Pechstein, American Bonnie Blair, and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands are the only speed skaters to win gold in the same event three times in a row.

Head and torso photo of three smiling men, wearing glasses on their heads and blue and white jumpsuits with Italia written on the chest. The man in the middle is holding a big Italian flag behind him, while the other two are embracing him.
Italy , the gold medalists in the 2006 Winter Olympics men's team pursuit event. From left to right: Matteo Anesi , Enrico Fabris and Ippolito Sanfratello .
German Claudia Pechstein is second in most medals won.
Canadian Clara Hughes (who won two bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics ) is the only athlete to have won multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.