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Facts

Disciplines	Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Short Track Speed Skating
Participants	3840
NOCs	64
Competitions held	334
Distinct events	50
IF	International Skating Union

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	48	45	46	139
Netherlands	NED	44	44	41	129
Soviet Union	URS	34	26	24	84
Norway	NOR	30	31	29	90
Republic of Korea	KOR	30	22	14	66
Canada	CAN	24	36	39	99
Russian Federation	RUS	21	15	9	45
Germany	GER	19	20	13	52
People's Republic of China	CHN	12	21	16	49
Sweden	SWE	12	7	7	26
East Germany	GDR	11	15	13	39
Austria	AUT	8	11	7	26
Japan	JPN	8	10	13	31
Finland	FIN	8	9	9	26
Great Britain	GBR	5	3	8	16
Italy	ITA	4	4	9	17
France	FRA	3	3	7	13
Czech Republic	CZE	3	2	2	7
Unified Team	EUN	3	1	2	6
West Germany	FRG	3	0	2	5
Hungary	HUN	1	2	4	7
Poland	POL	1	2	3	6
Olympic Athletes from Russia	OAR	1	2	2	5
Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	3	5
Belgium	BEL	1	1	2	4
Australia	AUS	1	0	1	2
Ukraine	UKR	1	0	1	2
Bulgaria	BUL	0	2	1	3
Switzerland	SUI	0	2	1	3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	0	1	1	2
Belarus	BLR	0	1	0	1
Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	0	2	2
Spain	ESP	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Viktor An	KOR RUS	6	0	2	8
Lidiya Skoblikova	URS	6	0	0	6
Ireen Wüst	NED	5	5	1	11
Claudia Pechstein	GER	5	2	2	9
Clas Thunberg	FIN	5	1	1	7
Bonnie Blair	USA	5	0	1	6
Eric Heiden	USA	5	0	0	5
Sven Kramer	NED	4	2	3	9
Ivar Ballangrud	NOR	4	2	1	7
Wang Meng	CHN	4	1	1	6

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Figure Skating	Singles	Men		25
Figure Skating	Singles	Women		25
Figure Skating	Pairs	Mixed		25
Figure Skating	Ice Dancing	Mixed		13
Figure Skating	Team	Mixed		2
Figure Skating	Singles	Boys		3
Figure Skating	Singles	Girls		3
Figure Skating	Pairs	Mixed Youth		3
Figure Skating	Ice Dancing	Mixed Youth		3
Figure Skating	Team	Mixed Youth		3
Figure Skating	Special Figures	Men		1
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Men		8
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Men		9
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Men		6
Short Track Speed Skating	5,000 metres Relay	Men		9
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Women		9
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Women		8
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Women		6
Short Track Speed Skating	3,000 metres Relay	Women		9
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Boys		3
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Boys		3
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Girls		3
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Girls		3
Short Track Speed Skating	3000 metres Relay	Mixed Youth		3
Short Track Speed Skating	3,000 m	Men		1
Short Track Speed Skating	3,000 m	Women		1
Speed Skating	500 metres	Men		23
Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Men		12
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Men		23
Speed Skating	5,000 metres	Men		23
Speed Skating	10,000 metres	Men		23
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Men		1
Speed Skating	Team Pursuit (8 laps)	Men		4
Speed Skating	500 metres	Women		17
Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Women		17
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Women		17
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Women		16
Speed Skating	5,000 metres	Women		9
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Women		1
Speed Skating	Team Pursuit (6 laps)	Women		4
Speed Skating	500 metres	Boys		3
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Boys		3
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Boys		1
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Boys		3
Speed Skating	500 metres	Girls		3
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Girls		3
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Girls		1
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Girls		3
Speed Skating	Team Sprint	Mixed Youth		2
Speed Skating	Allround	Men		1