Through the 2008 Games in Beijing ...
1) Speed skating - Lidiya Skoblikova of the Soviet Union with 6.
2) Short track speed skating - Wang Meng of China and Jeon I-Gyeong of South Korea with 4 each.
Speed Skating
Cross Country Skiing and Speed Skating.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in speed skating the 1980 Olympics.
ice skating
Eric Heiden of the US won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Bonnie Blair
That is Eric Heiden of the United States who won 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
Australia won 2 gold medals at the 2002 Games. 1) Steven Bradbury - 1000 meter short track speed skating 2) Alisa Camplin - freestyle skiing/aeriels
Kim Yuna has one olympic gold medal in ladies figure skating.
Through the 2006 Games in Turin, 79 (25 gold, 28 silver, 26 bronze). Ivar Ballangrud has won the most medals in speed skating for Norway with 7 (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) at the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Games.
1994 Bonnie Blair Speed skating Double Olympic gold medalist1994 Johann Olav Koss Speed skating Triple Olympic gold medalist
Katarina Witt won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating in 1984 and 1988.