Winter Olympic Records

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 - 8 Bjorn Dahlie, Norway, nordic skiing, 1992-98.

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 - Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japan, 35.59, 1998.

1,000 Meters -Ida Postma, Netherlands, 1:10.6, 1998.

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 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canada, 38.21, 1998.

1,000 Meters - Marianne Timmer, Netherlands, 1:16.51, 1998.

1,500 Meters - Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands, 2:00.68, 1988.

3,000 Meters - Gunda Niemann_stirnemann, Germany, 4:07.29, 1998.

5,000 Meters - Claudia Pechstein, Germany, 6:59.91, 1998.

Largest margin of victory - 6.53 seconds, Christina Baas-Kaiser, Netherlands, 3,000 meters, 1972.

Short Track Speedskating -- Men

500 Meters - Satoru Terao, Japan, 42.948

1,000 Meters - Satoru Terao, Japan, 42.948, 1998.

5,000 Meter Relay - Canada, 7:05.766, 1998.

Women

500 Meters - Isabelle Charest, Canada, 44.991, 1998.

3,000 Meter Relay - South Korea, 4:26.64, 1994.