Speed skating at the Asian Winter Games

Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Asian Winter Games since the first winter games in 1986.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
I	1986	Sapporo, Japan	Japan
II	1990	Sapporo, Japan	Japan
III	1996	Harbin, China	Japan
IV	1999	Gangwon, South Korea	China
V	2003	Aomori, Japan	Japan
VI	2007	Changchun, China	China
VII	2011	Astana–Almaty, Kazakhstan	South Korea
VIII	2017	Sapporo, Japan	Japan

Events

Event	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	Years
Men's 100 m						X			1
Men's 500 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Men's 1000 m	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	7
Men's 1500 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Men's 5000 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Men's 10000 m	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	7
Men's mass start							X	X	2
Men's team pursuit							X	X	2
Women's 100 m						X			1
Women's 500 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Women's 1000 m	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	7
Women's 1500 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Women's 3000 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Women's 5000 m							X	X	2
Women's mass start							X	X	2
Women's team pursuit							X	X	2
Total	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	14

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	40	32	37	109
2	South Korea (KOR)	23	23	21	67
3	China (CHN)	16	17	16	49
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	5	8	17
5	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	2	4
Totals (5 entries)		83	79	84	246

Participating nations

Nation	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	Years
Australia								1	1
China	9	16	15	10	15	17	14	20	8
Chinese Taipei								1	1
Hong Kong	1								1
India								3	1
Japan	18	18	18	18	20	14	13	19	8
Kazakhstan			9	6	7	12	12	10	6
Mongolia		2	1	1	4	6	3	4	7
New Zealand								1	1
North Korea	8	12				2	2		4
Qatar							4		1
South Korea	9	10	10	16	17	20	13	18	8
Thailand								1	1
Number of nations	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	10
Number of athletes	45	58	53	51	63	71	61	78

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in speed skating