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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing ... 1) Speed skating - Lidiya Skoblikova of the Soviet Union with 6. 2) Short track speed skating - Wang Meng of China and Jeon I-Gyeong of South Korea with 4 each.
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2 ... Bonnie Blair in women's 500 meter speed skating and Brian Boitano in men's figure skating.
8 ... 2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze. China won 7 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) in short track speed skating and 1 medal (bronze) in figure skating.
Events that have been competed since the first Winter Olympics in 1924: 1) Men's singles figure skating. 2) Women's singles figure skating. 3) Mixed pairs figure skating. 4) Four man bobsleigh. 5) Men's ice hockey. 6) Men's 50 km cross country skiing. 7) Nordic combined. 8) Men's normal hill ski jumping. 9) Men's 500 meter speed skating. 10) Men's 1500 meter speed skating. 11) Men's 5000 meter speed skating. 12) Men's 10000 meter speed skating. Both figure skating and ice hockey were competed before the start of the Winter Olympics in 1924. Ice hockey debuted at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp and figure skating debuted at the 1908 Summer Games in London. Once the Winter Olympics were established, both switched from the Summer Games to the Winter Games.
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According to Wikipedia.org, the list is:Alpine skiing (10)Biathlon (10)Bobsleigh (3)Cross-country skiing (12)Curling (2)Figure skating (4)Freestyle skiing (6)Ice hockey (2)Luge (3)Nordic combined (3)Short track speed skating (8)Skeleton (2)Ski jumping (3)Snowboarding (6)Speed skating (12)"Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport."
Through the 2006 Games in Turin, none. Australia has won 3 gold medals at the Winter Games, all in individual events (2 in freestyle skiing and 1 in short track speed skating). Australia has won a bronze medal in a team event, that being the men's 5,000 meter short track speed skating relay at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer.
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Through the 2006 Games in Turin, 79 (25 gold, 28 silver, 26 bronze). Ivar Ballangrud has won the most medals in speed skating for Norway with 7 (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) at the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Games.
Short track speed skating debuted at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. Four events were held ... 1) Men's 1000 meters 2) Men's 5000 meter relay 3) Women's 500 meters 4) Women's 3000 meter relay