Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[Roamingrover86 874]

what a amazing 1000mtr of speed skating. 

1-2 for  with OR . Fabulous watch as a neutral. 

[Josh 12,292]

Jutta unzipping her speed suit 

[stepansevs 156]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Jutta unzipping her speed suit 

Hmm, It seems as i do not like her. She seems as big bitch.

First disappointment for me in this OG :-)

[Federer91 3,156]

Disappointed that Leerdam beat Kok   Her Instagram persona is too much for my liking. And now that she added the little troll it is even more unsufferable. 

[hckošice 16,089]

Women's 1000m
Final Results

 

Jutta LEERDAM

1:12.31OR

 

Femke KOK

1:12.59

 

Miho TAKAGI

1:13.95

Full Final Result HERE

 

[Orangehair43 288]

 was targeting top 19 but as Today seems to be a bad day even that couldn’t happen. 

[Dennis 804]

On 2/8/2026 at 7:17 PM, Dennis said:

Tomorrow the women's 1.000m: Start list on olympics.com

 

This is a very difficult distance to predict (especially places 4-18) with a clear top 3 based on the season so far followed by an extremely long list of outsiders who could medal if one of the top 3 slip up. 

 

1. Jutta Leerdam 
2. Femke Kok 
3.  Miho Takagi
4. Brittany Bowe 
5.  Béatrice Lamarche
6. Rio Yamada 
7. Han Mei 
8. Yukino Yoshida 
9. Lee Na-Hyun 
10. Nadezhda Morozova 
11. Yin Qi 
12. Nikola Zdráhalová 
13. Kim Min-Sun 
14. Ellia Smeding 
15. Erin Jackson 
16. Elizaveta Golubeva 
17. Suzanne Schulting 
18. Karolina Bosiek 
19. Isabelle van Elst 
20. Natalia Czerwonka 
21. Kaitlyn McGregor 
22.  Anna Ostlender
23. Vanessa Herzog 
24. Tian Ruining 
25. Fran Vanhoutte 
26. Kristina Silaeva 
27. Jeannine Rosner 
28. Maybritt Vigl 
29. Rose Laliberté-Roy 
30. Carolina Hiller-Donnelly

Well, the 1000m is done, and honestly, the top of my bracket looking like a mirror image of the podium is a nice ego boost.  Jutta absolutely delivered under pressure in that final pair to take gold with a new Olympic record (1:12.31). Femke Kok was so close with her own OR just minutes earlier, but Leerdam is just on another level right now.
 

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my prediction. A few things that jumped out at me while looking at the final times versus my sheet:

 

• The Podium Wall: Having the top five finish exactly in the order I predicted (Leerdam, Kok, Takagi, Bowe, Lamarche) doesn't happen often. It’s a bit predictable based on the season so far, sure, but those women are just that consistent.

• Don't Underestimate Olympic Champions: I definitely didn't give Suzanne Schulting (3x Olympic Champion) and Erin Jackson (1x Olympic Champion) enough credit. They both out-skated my predictions by 9 spots. Jackson especially proved she’s not just a 500m specialist by grabbing 6th place, while Schulting’s 8th place finish from the very first pair was a massive statement.

• The Japan Divergence: While Takagi was rock solid for bronze as expected, Yukino Yoshida had a rough day. I had her pegged for 8th, but she slipped all the way to 16th. On the flip side, Rio Yamada met expectations, finishing 7th when I had her just outside the top five.

• China’s Mid-Pack Slide: I expected a bit more from Han Mei and Tian Ruining. They both finished significantly lower than I anticipated, with Han Mei dropping 6 spots and Ruining sliding 5 spots down from my prediction.

As predicted, it was the mid-pack where my prediction got messy, but seeing the Dutch go 1-2 with back-to-back Olympic records was amazing!