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Facts

Disciplines	Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Short Track Speed Skating
Participants	4300
NOCs	65
Competitions held	390
Distinct events	55
IF	International Skating Union

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Netherlands	NED	62	56	47	165
United States	USA	55	48	51	154
Republic of Korea	KOR	34	30	18	82
Soviet Union	URS	34	26	24	84
Norway	NOR	32	33	32	97
Canada	CAN	28	43	48	119
Russian Federation	RUS	21	15	9	45
Germany	GER	19	20	14	53
People's Republic of China	CHN	17	23	19	59
Sweden	SWE	14	7	7	28
East Germany	GDR	11	15	13	39
Japan	JPN	10	18	21	49
Italy	ITA	9	9	16	34
Austria	AUT	8	11	7	26
Finland	FIN	8	9	9	26
Great Britain	GBR	5	3	8	16
France	FRA	5	3	7	15
Czechia	CZE	4	3	3	10
Unified Team	EUN	3	1	2	6
West Germany	FRG	3	0	2	5
ROC	ROC	2	7	6	15
Hungary	HUN	2	2	6	10
Belgium	BEL	2	1	4	7
Poland	POL	1	3	3	7
Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	3	5
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	0	2	3
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
Denmark	DEN	0	1	0	1
Georgia	GEO	0	1	0	1
Latvia	LAT	0	0	1	1
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
Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	4	3	0	7
Sven Kramer	NED	4	2	3	9
Ivar Ballangrud	NOR	4	2	1	7

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Figure Skating	Singles	Men		27
Figure Skating	Singles	Women		27
Figure Skating	Pairs	Mixed		27
Figure Skating	Ice Dance	Mixed		15
Figure Skating	Team	Mixed		4
Figure Skating	Singles	Boys		4
Figure Skating	Singles	Girls		4
Figure Skating	Pairs	Mixed Youth		4
Figure Skating	Ice Dance	Mixed Youth		4
Figure Skating	Team	Mixed Youth		4
Figure Skating	Special Figures	Men		1
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Men		10
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Men		11
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Men		8
Short Track Speed Skating	Relay	Men		11
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Women		11
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Women		10
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Women		8
Short Track Speed Skating	Relay	Women		11
Short Track Speed Skating	Relay	Mixed		2
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Boys		4
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Boys		4
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Boys		1
Short Track Speed Skating	500 metres	Girls		4
Short Track Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Girls		4
Short Track Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Girls		1
Short Track Speed Skating	Relay	Mixed Youth		3
Short Track Speed Skating	Relay	Mixed Youth		1
Short Track Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Men		1
Short Track Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Women		1
Speed Skating	500 metres	Men		25
Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Men		14
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Men		25
Speed Skating	5,000 metres	Men		25
Speed Skating	10,000 metres	Men		25
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Men		3
Speed Skating	Team Pursuit (8 laps)	Men		6
Speed Skating	500 metres	Women		19
Speed Skating	1,000 metres	Women		19
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Women		19
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Women		18
Speed Skating	5,000 metres	Women		11
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Women		3
Speed Skating	Team Pursuit (6 laps)	Women		6
Speed Skating	500 metres	Boys		4
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Boys		4
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Boys		1
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Boys		4
Speed Skating	500 metres	Girls		4
Speed Skating	1,500 metres	Girls		4
Speed Skating	3,000 metres	Girls		1
Speed Skating	Mass Start	Girls		4
Speed Skating	Team Sprint	Mixed Youth		2
Speed Skating	Relay	Mixed Youth		1
Speed Skating	Allround	Men		1