Winter Olympic Records
before Olympics Nagano (1998)
Raisa Smetanina
General
Most Medals, Career, Women - 10, Raisa Smetanina, Soviet Union-Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1976-92 (4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze).
Most Medals, Career, Men - 9, Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, nordic skiing, 1956-64 (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze).
Most Medals, Single Olympics, Men - 5, Eric Heiden, United States, speedskating, 1980 (5 gold).
Most Medals, Single Olympics, Women - 5, Manuela Di Centa,
Italy, nordic skiing, 1994 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Lyubov
Egorova, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992 (3 gold, 2 silver).
Most Gold Medals, Women - 6, Lydia Skoblikova, Soviet Union,
speedskating, 1960-64 and Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team-Russia,
nordic skiing, 1992-94.
Most Gold Medals, Men - 5, A. Clas Thunberg, Finland,
speedskating, 1924-28; Eric Heiden, United States, speedskating,
1980; and Bjorn Dahlie, Norway, nordic skiing, 1992-94.
Most Silver Medals, Women - 5, Andrea Ehrig, East Germany,
speedskating, 1976, 1984-88 and Raisa Smetanina, Soviet
Union-Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1976-88.
Most Silver Medals, Men - 5, Bogdan Musiol, East Germany,
bobsled, 1980-88.
Most Bronze Medals, Women - 4, Yelena Valbe, Unified Team,
nordic skiing, 1992.
Most Bronze Medals, Men - 5, Harri Kirvesniemi, Finland, nordic
skiing, 1980-84, 1992-94.
Events
Alpine Skiing
Largest Margin of victory, Men - 6.2 seconds, Anton Sailer,
Austria, Giant Slalom, 1956.
Largest Margin of victory, Women - 4.7 seconds, Madeleine
Berthod, Switzerland, Downhill, 1956.
Biathlon
Largest Margin of victory - 3 minutes, 57.00 seconds, Russia,
Women's 4X7.5Km Relay, 1994.
Bobsled
Largest Margin of victory - 3.29 seconds, Switzerland four-man
team, 1924.
Luge
Largest Margin of victory - 2.75 seconds, Orturn Enderlein, East
Germany, Women's Single, 1964.
Figure Skating
Highest Score - 107.4 out of 108 points, Jayne Torvill and
Christopher Dean, Britain, Ice Dance, 1984.
Highest Score, Individual - 105.9 out of 108 points, Janet Lynn,
United States, free skate, 1972 and John Curry, Britain, free
skate, 1976.
Nordic Skiing
Largest Margin of victory, Men - 13 minutes, 27 seconds, Per
Erik Hedlund, Sweden, 50 Km Cross-Country, 1928.
Largest Margin of victory, Women - 2 minutes, 7 seconds, Soviet
Union, 3X5Km Cross-Country Relay, 1964.
Speedskating -- Men
500 Meters - Alexsandr Golubev, Russia, 36.33 seconds, 1994.
1,000 Meters - Dan Jensen, United States, 1:12.43, 1994.
1,500 Meters - Johann Koss, Norway, 1:51.29, 1994.
5,000 Meters - Johann Koss, Norway, 6:34.96, 1994.
10,000 Meters - Johann Koss, Norway, 13:30.55, 1994.
Largest margin of victory - 24.8 seconds, Hjalmar Andersen,
Norway, 10,000 meters, 1952.
Women
500 Meters - Bonnie Blair, United States, 39.10, 1988.
1,000 Meters - Christa Rothenburger, East Germany, 1:17.65,
1988.
1,500 Meters - Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands, 2:00.68, 1988.
3,000 Meters - Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands, 4:11.94, 1988.
5,000 Meters - Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands, 7:14.37, 1988.
Largest margin of victory - 6.53 seconds, Christina Baas-Kaiser,
Netherlands, 3,000 meters, 1972.
Short Track Speedskating -- Men
1,000 Meters - Kim Ki-Hoon, South Korea, 1:30.76, 1992.
5,000 Meter Relay - Italy, 7:11.74, 1994.
Women
500 Meters - Cathy Turner, United States, 47.04, 1992.
3,000 Meter Relay - South Korea, 4:26.64, 1994.