Olympic Records in Skating: Speed Skating was introduced in the Olympic program in the 1924 Chamonix Mont Blanc Winter Summer Games . Women's events were included in the 1960 Squaw Valley Games . Short track speed skating was first included in the Olympic schedule in the 1992 Albertville Winter Summer Games . Many records have been made in various events of skating in the history of Winter Olympics .
The current Olympic records in various men's events of skating are as follows—
- The current Olympic record in men's 500 meter short track skating is held by Marc Gagnon of Canada . His timing in the event was 41.802 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games .
- The current Olympic record in men's 1000 meter short track skating was made by Hyun-Soo Ahn of Korea in the 2006 Turin Winter Summer Games . His timing in the event was 1:26.739 seconds .
- Dong-Sung Kim of Korea is the holder of the current Olympic record in men's 1500 meter short track skating event with a timing of 2:15.942 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games .
- The current Olympic record in men's 5000 meter relay skating event is held by Korea . The record was made in the 2006 Turin Winter Summer Games with a timing of 6:43.376 seconds. The members of the Korean team were Hyun-Soo Ahn, Ho-Suk Lee, Ho-Jin Seo and Suk-Woo Song.
- The current Olympic record in men's 500 meter speed skating is held by Casey Fitzrandolph of USA . His timing in the event was 34.42 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games.
- The current Olympic record in men's 1000 meter speed skating was made by Gerard Van Velde of the Netyherlands in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games . His timing in the event was 1:07.18 seconds .
- Derek Parra of USA is the holder of the current Olympic record in men's 1500 meter speed skating event with a timing of 1:43.95 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games .
- The current Olympic records in men's 5000 meter and 10000 meter speed skating were made by Jochem Utydehaage of the Netyherlands in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games . His timings in the 5000 meter and 10000 meter events were 6:14.66 seconds and 12:58.92 seconds respectively.
- Italy is the holder of the Olympic record in the men's team pursuit 8 laps skating event with a timing of 3:43.64 seconds . The record was made in the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics . The members of the Italian team were Matteo Anesi, Enrico Fabris and Ippolito Sanfratello .
The current Olympic records in various events in women's skating competition are as follows—
- The current Olympic records in women's 500 meter and 1000 meter short track skating are held by Yang Yang of China . Her timings in the 500 meter and 1000 meter events were 44.118 seconds and 1:31.235 seconds respectively. The records were made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games .
- Eun-Kyung Choi of Korea is the holder of the current Olympic record in women's 1500 meter short track skating event with a timing of 2:21.069 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games .
- The current Olympic record in women's 3000 meter relay skating event is held by Korea . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games with a timing of 4:12.793 seconds. The members of the Korean team were Eun-Kyung Choi, Min-Kyung Choi, Min-Jin Joo and Hye-Won Park.
- The current Olympic record in women's 500 meter speed skating is held by Catriona Le May Doan of Canada . Her timing in the event was 37.30 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games.
- The current Olympic record in women's 1000 meter speed skating was made by Chris Witty of USA in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games . Her timing in the event was 1:13.83 seconds .
- Anni Friesinger of Germany is the holder of the current Olympic record in women's 1500 meter speed skating event with a timing of 1:54.02 seconds . The record was made in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games .
- The current Olympic records in women's 3000 meter and 5000 meter speed skating were made by Claudia Pechstein of Germany in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Summer Games . Her timings in the 3000 meter and 5000 meter events were 3:57.70 seconds and 6:46.91 seconds respectively.
Canada is the holder of the Olympic record in the women's team pursuit 6 laps skating event with a timing of 3:01.24 seconds . The record was made in the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics . The members of the Canadian team were Kristina Groves, Cindy Klassen and Christine Nesbitt.
