Apollo Ohno!!!(American record breaker olympian) (i watch winter Olympics alot!!)
Yes, Speed Skating is in the Olympics.
Canada won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics in the 1980s, both at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo and both won by Gaétan Boucher in men's 1000 meter speed skating and 1500 meter speed skating.
The sport of speed skating was first an official sport during the Olympics in 1924.
Speed Skating
By time.
Five 1988 - gold in women's 500 meter speed skating. 1992 - gold in women's 500 meter and 1000 meter speed skating. 1994 - gold in women's 500 meter and 1000 meter speed skating.
skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, firgure skating...
Events that have been competed since the first Winter Olympics in 1924: 1) Men's singles figure skating. 2) Women's singles figure skating. 3) Mixed pairs figure skating. 4) Four man bobsleigh. 5) Men's ice hockey. 6) Men's 50 km cross country skiing. 7) Nordic combined. 8) Men's normal hill ski jumping. 9) Men's 500 meter speed skating. 10) Men's 1500 meter speed skating. 11) Men's 5000 meter speed skating. 12) Men's 10000 meter speed skating. Both figure skating and ice hockey were competed before the start of the Winter Olympics in 1924. Ice hockey debuted at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp and figure skating debuted at the 1908 Summer Games in London. Once the Winter Olympics were established, both switched from the Summer Games to the Winter Games.
There is one for every winter Olympics.
Speed Skating
I think it was Apollo Ohno, but I was so hoping it would have been J.R. Celski!