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Speed Skating

The long track oval measures 400 meters (1,312 feet). Distance laps: 500m (11/4 laps); 1,000m (21/2 laps); 1,500m (33/4 laps); 3,000m (71/2 laps); 5,000 (121/2 laps); 10,000m (25 laps).

Medal breakdown (10 events): 11 medals— Netherlands (5-4-2); Six— Germany (2-3-1); Five— Canada (1-2-2); Three— Japan (1-0-2); Two— United States (0-1-1); One— Norway (1-0-0), Belgium (0-0-1) and Kazakhstan (0-0-1).

Men

500 meters

  Time 
1Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN71.35 
2Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN71.84 
3Kevin Overland, CAN71.86 
Best USA: 23rd, Marc Pelchat (73.35); 25th, David Cruikshank (73.53).
Note: Times reflected are a combination of two heats with each skater racing once on the inside lane and once in the outside lane.

1000 meters

  Time 
1Ids Postma, NET1:10.64OR
2Jan Bos, NET1:10.71 
3Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN1:11.00 
Top 10 USA: 7th, Casey Fitzrandolph (1:11.64); 8th, KC Boutiette (1:11.75).

1500 meters

  Time 
1Aadne Sondral, NOR1:47.87WR
2Ids Postma, NET1:48.13 
3Rintje Ritsma, NET1:48.52 
Top 10 USA: 5th, KC Boutiette (1:50.04).

5000 meters

  Time 
1Gianni Romme, NET6:22.20WR
2Rintje Ritsma, NET6:28.24 
3Bart Veldkamp, BEL6:28.31 
Best USA: 14th, KC Boutiette (6:39.67), 16th, David Tamburrino (6:41.19).

10,000 meters

  Time 
1Gianni Romme, NET13:15.33WR
2Bob De Jong, NET13:25.76 
3Rintje Ritsma, NET13:28.19 
Top 10 USA: 8th, KC Boutiette (13:44.03).

Women

500 meters

  Time 
1Catriona Lemay-Doan, CAN76.60 
2Susan Auch, CAN76.93 
3Tomomi Okazaki, JPN77.10 
Top 10 USA: 10th, Christine Witty (78.53).
Note: Times reflected are a combination of two heats with each skater racing once on the inside lane and once in the outside lane.

1000 meters

  Time 
1Marianne Timmer, NET1:16.51OR
2Christine Witty, USA1:16.79 
3Catriona Lemay-Doan, CAN1:17.37 
Top 10 USA: 6th, Becky Sundstrom (1:18.23); 9th, Moira D'Andrea (1:18.38).

1500 meters

  Time 
1Marianne Timmer, NET1:57.58WR
2Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER1:58.66 
3Christine Witty, USA1:58.97 
Top 10 USA: 8th, Jennifer Rodriguez (2:00.97).

3000 meters

  Time 
1Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER4:07.29OR
2Claudia Pechstein, GER4:08.47 
3Anna Friesinger, GER4:09.44 
Top 10 USA: 4th, Jennifer Rodriguez (4:11.64); 6th, Kirstin Holum (4:12.24).

5000 meters

  Time 
1Claudia Pechstein, GER6:59.61WR
2Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER6:59.65 
3Lyudmila Prokasheva, KAZ7:11.14 
Top 10 USA: 7th, Kirstin Holum (7:14.20); 10th, Jennifer Rodriguez (7:16.78).

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