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Facts

Disciplines	Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Short Track Speed Skating
Participants	4064
NOCs	64
Competitions held	362
Distinct events	51
IF	International Skating Union

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Netherlands	NED	52	49	44	145
United States	USA	50	46	49	145
Soviet Union	URS	34	26	24	84
Republic of Korea	KOR	32	27	16	75
Norway	NOR	31	31	31	93
Canada	CAN	26	40	42	108
Russian Federation	RUS	21	15	9	45
Germany	GER	19	20	13	52
People's Republic of China	CHN	16	22	17	55
Sweden	SWE	14	7	7	28
East Germany	GDR	11	15	13	39
Japan	JPN	9	14	17	40
Austria	AUT	8	11	7	26
Finland	FIN	8	9	9	26
Italy	ITA	5	7	12	24
Great Britain	GBR	5	3	8	16
France	FRA	4	3	7	14
ROC	ROC	3	7	5	15
Czech Republic	CZE	3	2	3	8
Unified Team	EUN	3	1	2	6
West Germany	FRG	3	0	2	5
Hungary	HUN	2	2	6	10
Belgium	BEL	2	1	3	6
Poland	POL	1	2	3	6
Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	3	5
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
Ireen Wüst	NED	6	5	2	13
Viktor An	KOR RUS	6	0	2	8
Lidiya Skoblikova	RUS URS	6	0	0	6
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
Charles Hamelin	CAN	4	1	1	6
Wang Meng	CHN	4	1	1	6

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Figure Skating	Singles	Men		26
Figure Skating	Singles	Women		26
Figure Skating	Pairs	Mixed		26
Figure Skating	Ice Dancing	Mixed		14
Figure Skating	Team	Mixed		3
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		9
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Men		10
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Men		7
Short Track Speed Skating	5,000 metres Relay	Men		10
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Women		10
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Women		9
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Women		7
Short Track Speed Skating	3,000 metres Relay	Women		10
Short Track Speed Skating	2,000 metres Relay	Mixed		1
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	3,000 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		24
Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Men		13
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Men		24
Speed Skating	5,000 metres	Men		24
Speed Skating	10,000 metres	Men		24
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Men		2
Speed Skating	Team Pursuit (8 laps)	Men		5
Speed Skating	500 metres	Women		18
Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Women		18
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Women		18
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Women		17
Speed Skating	5,000 metres	Women		10
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Women		2
Speed Skating	Team Pursuit (6 laps)	Women		5
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