Dennis

Bronze for  Akar in the men's 500m! 

Bronze for  Akar in the men's 500m! 

Bronze for  Akar in the men's 500m! 

Bronze for  Akar in the men's 500m! 

Insane to see NL so close to the top 3 

Biggest changes in the number of top 8 if compared to 2022.
 
Positive:
+29
+28
+13
+12
+10
+10
+8
+8
 +8
 
Negative:
-8
-6
-5
-5
 
 
 

Final table:
 
  NOC   points gold silver bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th total 1 NOR Norway 446 18 12 11 11 9 15 5 6 87 2 USA United States 414 12 12 9 12 15 9 10 13 92 3 ITA Italy 361 10 6 14 9 14 10 9 6 78 4 GER Germany 310 8 10 8 14 3 6 10 8 67 5 FRA France 291 8 9 6 9 10 7 7 8 64 6 CAN Canada 265 5 7 9 3 14 9 9 6 62 7 SUI Switzerland 265 6 9 8 8 5 9 8 3 56 8 AUT Austria 233 5 8 5 5 9 4 12 10 58 9 JPN Japan 232 5 7 12 6 1 8 4 5 48 10 NED Netherlands 210 10 7 3 6 5 1 3 4 39 11 CHN China 197 5 4 6 5 7 5 8 9 49 12 SWE Sweden 178 8 6 4 4 4 1 4 1 32 13 KOR South Korea 103 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 23 14 GBR Great Britain 88 3 1 1 5 2 4 3 0 19 15 FIN Finland 86 0 1 5 3 3 4 4 2 22 16 AUS Australia 77 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 18 17 CZE Czechia 67 2 2 1 0 4 2 2 5 18 18 POL Poland 55 0 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 16 19 SLO Slovenia 42 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 20 LAT Latvia 37 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 8 21 NZL New Zealand 33 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 5 11 22 BEL Belgium 27 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 8 23 AIN   26 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 7 24 ESP Spain 24 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 25 KAZ Kazakhstan 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 8 26 BUL Bulgaria 19 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 27 EST Estonia 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 28 GEO Georgia 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 29 DEN Denmark 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 30 UKR Ukraine 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 31 BRA Brazil 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 HUN Hungary 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 33 SVK Slovakia 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 34 ROU Romania 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 35 LTU Lithuania 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 36 HKG Hong Kong 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 37 IRL Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1  
 

I mostly agree, though I dispute your last point. Apart from Velzeboer’s 500m, the Dutch weren't favorites in their winning events; they simply had everything break in their favor. And in long track the women’s 1,500m was won by 0.06 seconds, and the men’s mass start succeeded only because the field, except for Thorup, failed to counter the most predictable Dutch strategy possible.
 
Furthermore, top 8 data from Milan proves speed skating is highly global, certainly no less than i.e. XC skiing or biathlon that also have 23 events combined. The competition is there, the Dutch skaters just seized the margins.
 
Short track (14 countries in 9 events, of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal):  Europe:   North-America:   Asia:   Long track (18 countries in 14 events, of which 10 countries winning at least 1 medal): Europe:   Asia:   North-America:     
Compared to other sports with many events: 
Cross-country skiing (13 countries in 11 events (so far), of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal): Europe:   Asia: no top 8 spots North-America: Biathlon (12 countries in 11 events, of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal [all European]): Europe:   Asia: no top 8 spots North-America:  

I mostly agree, though I dispute your last point. Apart from Velzeboer’s 500m, the Dutch weren't favorites in their winning events; they simply had everything break in their favor. And in long track the women’s 1,500m was won by 0.06 seconds, and the men’s mass start succeeded only because the field, except for Thorup, failed to counter the most predictable Dutch strategy possible.
 
Furthermore, top 8 data from Milan proves speed skating is highly global, certainly no less than i.e. XC skiing or biathlon that also have 23 events combined. The competition is there, the Dutch skaters just seized the margins.
 
Short track (14 countries in 9 events, of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal):  Europe:   North-America:   Asia:   Long track (18 countries in 14 events, of which 10 countries winning at least 1 medal): Europe:   Asia:   North-America:     
Compared to other sports with many events: 
Cross-country skiing (13 countries in 11 events (so far), of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal): Europe:   Asia: no top 8 spots North-America: Biathlon (12 countries in 11 events, of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal [all European]): Europe:   Asia: no top 8 spots North-America:  

I mostly agree, though I dispute your last point. Apart from Velzeboer’s 500m, the Dutch weren't favorites in their winning events; they simply had everything break in their favor. And in long track the women’s 1,500m was won by 0.06 seconds, and the men’s mass start succeeded only because the field, except for Thorup, failed to counter the most predictable Dutch strategy possible.
 
Furthermore, top 8 data from Milan proves speed skating is highly global, certainly no less than i.e. XC skiing or biathlon that also have 23 events combined. The competition is there, the Dutch skaters just seized the margins.
 
Short track (14 countries in 9 events, of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal):  Europe:   North-America:   Asia:   Long track (18 countries in 14 events, of which 10 countries winning at least 1 medal): Europe:   Asia:   North-America:     
Compared to other sports with many events: 
Cross-country skiing (13 countries in 11 events (so far), of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal): Europe:   Asia: no top 8 spots North-America: Biathlon (12 countries in 11 events, of which 8 countries winning at least 1 medal [all European]): Europe:   Asia: no top 8 spots North-America:  

Before this games the 500 metres Women and Mass Start Men were the only two speed skating events the Dutch team had never won at the Olympics. So now the set is complete.

Let’s go! 10th (and final) gold medal for us these games, outperforming all expectations 

Silver for  Blondin in the final race of her Olympic career  

What a dream finish to Bergsma’s Olympic career at age 40! 
 
And  Thorup! 

What a dream finish to Bergsma’s Olympic career at age 40! 
 
And  Thorup! 

Nobody wanted to risk bringing Stolz in perfect position to the last sprint, and then this happens. 

What a dream finish to Bergsma’s Olympic career at age 40! 
 
And  Thorup! 

I'm shaking! (And I'm pissed that I didn't buy that ticket! )

Second medal in Winter Olympics history for Denmark and first since Nagano 1998! 

What a dream finish to Bergsma’s Olympic career at age 40! 
 
And  Thorup! 

What a race, what an Olympics, 5 gold medals, damn  
 
Itzhak de Laat is Olympic champion, I'm gonna read that sentence 52 more times to make sure it's true  

Pergher just missing out on a medal as well, but what an amazing result for her 

Pergher just missing out on a medal as well, but what an amazing result for her 

Pergher just missing out on a medal as well, but what an amazing result for her