Olympic Winter Games
This page lists all information available on the Olympic Winter Games. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the Olympic Winter Games. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.
Biggest difference between nr.1 and nr.2 at the Olympic Games Men
# | diff. | discipline (year) | time diff. | skater #1 | time #1 | skater #2 | time #2 | ||
1 | 1.240 | 10,000 meters (1952) | 24.8 | Hjalmar Andersen | NOR | 16:45.8 | Kees Broekman | NED | 17:10.6 |
2 | 1.100 | 5000 meters (1952) | 11.0 | Hjalmar Andersen | NOR | 8:10.6 | Kees Broekman | NED | 8:21.6 |
3 | 0.950 | 5000 meters (1960) | 9.5 | Viktor Kosichkin | URS | 7:51.3 | Knut Johannesen | NOR | 8:00.8 |
4 | 0.940 | 5000 meters (1924) | 9.4 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 8:39.0 | Julius Skutnabb | FIN | 8:48.4 |
5 | 0.935 | 10,000 meters (1994) | 18.70 | Johann Olav Koss | NOR | 13:30.55 | Kjell Storelid | NOR | 13:49.25 |
6 | 0.860 | 5000 meters (1928) | 8.6 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 8:50.5 | Julius Skutnabb | FIN | 8:59.1 |
7 | 0.800 | 5000 meters (1956) | 8.0 | Boris Shilkov | URS | 7:48.7 | Sigvard Ericsson | SWE | 7:56.7 |
8 | 0.795 | 10,000 meters (1964) | 15.9 | Jonny Nilsson | SWE | 15:50.1 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 16:06.0 |
9 | 0.772 | 5000 meters (1994) | 7.72 | Johann Olav Koss | NOR | 6:34.96 | Kjell Storelid | NOR | 6:42.68 |
10 | 0.750 | 1000 meters (1980) | 1.50 | Eric Heiden | USA | 1:15.18 | Gaétan Boucher | CAN | 1:16.68 |
11 | 0.700 | 500 meters (1952) | 0.7 | Ken Henry | USA | 0:43.2 | Don McDermott | USA | 0:43.9 |
12 | 0.650 | 2x500 meters (2006) | 0.650 | Joey Cheek | USA | 69.760 | Dmitry Dorofeyev | RUS | 70.410 |
13 | 0.604 | 5000 meters (1998) | 6.04 | Gianni Romme | NED | 6:22.20 | Rintje Ritsma | NED | 6:28.24 |
14 | 0.600 | 500 meters (1956) | 0.6 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 0:40.2 | Rafail Grach | URS | 0:40.8 |
15 | 0.565 | 1000 meters (1976) | 1.13 | Peter Mueller | USA | 1:19.32 | Jørn Didriksen | NOR | 1:20.45 |
16 | 0.555 | 10,000 meters (2002) | 11.11 | Jochem Uytdehaage | NED | 12:58.92 | Gianni Romme | NED | 13:10.03 |
17 | 0.533 | 1500 meters (1968) | 1.6 | Kees Verkerk | NED | 2:03.4 | Ard Schenk | NED | 2:05.0 |
18 | 0.521 | 10,000 meters (1998) | 10.43 | Gianni Romme | NED | 13:15.33 | Bob de Jong | NED | 13:25.76 |
19 | 0.500 | 500 meters (1964) | 0.5 | Terry McDermott | USA | 0:40.1 | Alv Gjestvang | NOR | 0:40.6 |
20 | 0.495 | 5000 meters (2014) | 4.95 | Sven Kramer | NED | 6:10.76 | Jan Blokhuijsen | NED | 6:15.71 |
21 | 0.490 | 2x500 meters (1998) | 0.490 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN | 71.350 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 71.840 |
22 | 0.485 | 10,000 meters (1948) | 9.7 | Åke Seyffarth | SWE | 17:26.3 | Lassi Parkkinen | FIN | 17:36.0 |
23 | 0.457 | 5000 meters (1972) | 4.57 | Ard Schenk | NED | 7:23.61 | Roar Grønvold | NOR | 7:28.18 |
24 | 0.456 | 1500 meters (1980) | 1.37 | Eric Heiden | USA | 1:55.44 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | NOR | 1:56.81 |
25 | 0.433 | 1500 meters (1972) | 1.30 | Ard Schenk | NED | 2:02.96 | Roar Grønvold | NOR | 2:04.26 |
26 | 0.415 | 1000 meters (1984) | 0.83 | Gaétan Boucher | CAN | 1:15.80 | Sergey Khlebnikov | URS | 1:16.63 |
27 | 0.400 | 1500 meters (1924) | 1.2 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 2:20.8 | Roald Larsen | NOR | 2:22.0 |
28 | 0.395 | 10,000 meters (1980) | 7.90 | Eric Heiden | USA | 14:28.13 | Piet Kleine | NED | 14:36.03 |
0.395 | 10,000 meters (1988) | 7.91 | Tomas Gustafson | SWE | 13:48.20 | Michael Hadschieff | AUT | 13:56.11 | |
30 | 0.370 | 5000 meters (1936) | 3.7 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 8:19.6 | Birger Wasenius | FIN | 8:23.3 |
31 | 0.340 | 500 meters (1980) | 0.34 | Eric Heiden | USA | 0:38.03 | Yevgeny Kulikov | URS | 0:38.37 |
32 | 0.333 | 1500 meters (1936) | 1.0 | Charles Mathiesen | NOR | 2:19.2 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 2:20.2 |
33 | 0.332 | 5000 meters (2002) | 3.32 | Jochem Uytdehaage | NED | 6:14.66 | Derek Parra | USA | 6:17.98 |
34 | 0.330 | 5000 meters (1948) | 3.3 | Reidar Liaklev | NOR | 8:29.4 | Odd Lundberg | NOR | 8:32.7 |
35 | 0.310 | 500 meters (1988) | 0.31 | Uwe-Jens Mey | GDR | 0:36.45 | Jan Ykema | NED | 0:36.76 |
36 | 0.283 | 1500 meters (2018) | 0.85 | Kjeld Nuis | NED | 1:44.01 | Patrick Roest | NED | 1:44.86 |
37 | 0.266 | 1500 meters (1928) | 0.8 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 2:21.1 | Bernt Evensen | NOR | 2:21.9 |
38 | 0.250 | 500 meters (1972) | 0.25 | Erhard Keller | FRG | 0:39.44 | Hasse Börjes | SWE | 0:39.69 |
39 | 0.235 | 5000 meters (2010) | 2.35 | Sven Kramer | NED | 6:14.60 | Lee Seung-hoon | KOR | 6:16.95 |
40 | 0.233 | 1500 meters (1994) | 0.70 | Johann Olav Koss | NOR | 1:51.29 | Rintje Ritsma | NED | 1:51.99 |
41 | 0.231 | 5000 meters (1992) | 2.31 | Geir Karlstad | NOR | 6:59.97 | Falko Zandstra | NED | 7:02.28 |
42 | 0.228 | 10,000 meters (2014) | 4.57 | Jorrit Bergsma | NED | 12:44.45 | Sven Kramer | NED | 12:49.02 |
43 | 0.206 | 1500 meters (2002) | 0.62 | Derek Parra | USA | 1:43.95 | Jochem Uytdehaage | NED | 1:44.57 |
44 | 0.200 | 500 meters (1924) | 0.2 | Charles Jewtraw | USA | 0:44.0 | Oskar Olsen | NOR | 0:44.2 |
0.200 | 500 meters (1968) | 0.2 | Erhard Keller | FRG | 0:40.3 | Magne Thomassen | NOR | 0:40.5 | |
46 | 0.199 | 5000 meters (1976) | 1.99 | Sten Stensen | NOR | 7:24.48 | Piet Kleine | NED | 7:26.47 |
47 | 0.196 | 1500 meters (1976) | 0.59 | Jan Egil Storholt | NOR | 1:59.38 | Yury Kondakov | URS | 1:59.97 |
48 | 0.195 | 10,000 meters (1936) | 3.9 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 17:24.3 | Birger Wasenius | FIN | 17:28.2 |
49 | 0.191 | 10,000 meters (2006) | 3.83 | Bob de Jong | NED | 13:01.57 | Chad Hedrick | USA | 13:05.40 |
50 | 0.185 | 5000 meters (2018) | 1.85 | Sven Kramer | NED | 6:09.76 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | CAN | 6:11.61 |