Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014.

On 24 November 2017 the silver medal of Olga Fatkulina was disqualified as part of the Russian team doping case.

On 1 February 2018, Olga Fatkulina successfully appealed against IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record) *   Host nation (Russia)Each NOC was allowed to delegate a maximal number of ten men and ten women speed skaters who reached the qualification criteria.

A proposal of the Dutch skating association (KNSB) to add an extra athlete, especially for the team pursuit event, was rejected at the congress of the international federation ISU in Kuala Lumpur in June 2012.