Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 February to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall. Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold. Belarus and Russia won their first medals in speed skating, with both nations competing in the Olympics for the first time. Four world
Ken Henry (speed skater) from each of the Olympic opening ceremonies. Henry is listed as the final torch bearer, along with some background information on the travel of the 1960 torch itself. Henry served as a coach on the American men's and women's Olympic speed skating team in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 2001, Henry was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame. Ken Henry (speed skater) Kenneth "Ken" Charles Henry (January 7, 1929 – March 1, 2009) was a speed skater from the United States. Henry won the gold medal in the 500 m at the 1952 Winter Olympics held