United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics also won silver in the team event. Short track speed skater Apolo Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair as the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete in history with a total of eight medals in his Olympic career. Ohno gave the US relay team the final push for the bronze in the 5000 meter relay, and earned silver and bronze medals in the 1500 and 1000 meter individual events respectively. Women's 1000 meter silver medalist Katherine Reutter broke a streak dating back to 1994 in which no American woman had medaled in an individual short track event. Long track speed skater Shani
Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics above the sea, meant that no world records in speed skating would be set at these Games. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skater who did not participate in the final, but received a medal. A total of twelve speed skating events were held at Vancouver 2010: A total of 177 athletes from 24 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, British Columbia, between 13 and 27 February