Rankings & Lists

Greatest Speed Skaters of All Time

Long track and short track speed skating's most decorated Olympians ranked by career medal haul.

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⛸️Speed Skating

Long track and short track speed skating's most decorated Olympians ranked by career medal haul.

American·Speed Skating

Five gold medals at Lake Placid 1980 across every speed skating distance — the greatest single-Games performance in Winter Olympics history.

5 Olympic golds

American·Speed Skating

America's most decorated female Winter Olympian — five Olympic gold medals across three Games and the first American woman to win the same e

5 Olympic golds

Dutch·Speed Skating

Dutch speed skater who became the most successful Olympic speed skater of all time with six Olympic gold medals and thirteen total Olympic m

6 Olympic golds

German·Speed Skating

Nine Olympic medals and the most decorated Winter Olympian in German history — Claudia Pechstein competed across six Olympic Games spanning

5 Olympic golds

American·Speed Skating

American short track speed skater who became the most decorated American Winter Olympian with eight Olympic medals across three Games from 2

2 Olympic golds