Press Clippings: The Olympic Medalists in Speed Skating:
Men’s 500 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Michel Mulder; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Smeekens; Bronze: Netherlands, Ronald Mulder.
Men’s 1000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Stefan Groothuis; Silver: Canada, Denny Morrison; Bronze: Netherlands, Michel Mulder.
Men’s 1500 Meters: Gold: Poland, Zbigniew Brodka; Silver: Netherlands, Koen Verweij; Bronze: Canada, Denny Morrison.
Men’s 5,000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Sven Kramer; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Blokhuijsen; Bronze: Netherlands, Jorrit Bergsma.
Men’s 10,000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Jorrit Bergsma; Silver: Netherlands, Sven Kramer; Bronze: Netherlands; Bob De Jong.
Men’s Team Pursuit: Gold: Netherlands; Silver: Korea; Bronze: Poland.
Women’s 500 Meters: Gold: South Korea, Sang-Hwa Lee; Silver: Russia, Olga Fatkulina; Bronze: Netherlands, Margot Boer.
Women’s 1000 Meters: Gold: China, Hong Zhang; Silver: Netherlands, Ireen Wuest; Bronze: Netherlands, Margot Boer.
Women’s 1500 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Jorien Ter Mors;Silver: Netherlands, Ireen Wust; Bronze: Netherlands, Lotte Van Beek.
Women’s 3000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Ireen Wuest; Silver: Czech Republic, Martina Sablikova; Bronze: Russia, Olga Graf.
Women’s 5000 Meters: Gold: Czech Republic, Martina Sablikova; Silver: Netherlands, Ireen Wust; Bronze: Netherlands, Carien Kleibeuker.
Women’s Team Pursuit: Gold: Netherlands; Silver: Poland; Bronze: Russia.