Speed skating at the 1986 Asian Winter Games

Speed skating at the 1986 Asian Winter Games took place in Makomanai Skating Centre Sapporo in the city of Sapporo, Japan with nine events contested – five for men and four for women.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	7	5	3	15
2	China (CHN)	1	1	3	5
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	2	4
4	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	1	3
Total		9	9	9	27

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 m	Akira Kuroiwa Japan	Na Yoon-soo South Korea	Bae Ki-tae South Korea
1000 m	Bae Ki-tae South Korea	Makoto Hirose Japan	Akira Kuroiwa Japan
1500 m	Yukihiro Mitani Japan	Munehisa Kuroiwa Japan	Hwang Ik-hwan South Korea
5000 m	Masahito Shinohara Japan	Im Ri-bin North Korea	Munehisa Kuroiwa Japan
10000 m	Munehisa Kuroiwa Japan	Toshiaki Imamura Japan	Lü Shuhai China

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 m	Seiko Hashimoto Japan	Shoko Fusano Japan	Ye Qiaobo China
1000 m	Wang Xiuli China	Han Chun-ok North Korea	Shoko Fusano Japan
1500 m	Seiko Hashimoto Japan	Wang Xiuli China	Ye Qiaobo China
3000 m	Keiko Asao Japan	Natsue Seki Japan	Han Chun-ok North Korea

Results

Men

500 m

March 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Akira Kuroiwa (JPN)	38.20
	Na Yoon-soo (KOR)	38.58
	Bae Ki-tae (KOR)	38.68
4	Yoshihiro Kitazawa (JPN)	38.89
5	Makoto Hirose (JPN)	38.93
6	Yasushi Kuroiwa (JPN)	39.02
7	Kim Gwang-hyun (PRK)	39.47
7	Hwang Ik-hwan (KOR)	39.47
9	Pan Dianzhong (CHN)	39.55
10	Zhang Hong (CHN)	40.50
11	Lau Wai Kay (HKG)	52.41

1000 m

March 3

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Bae Ki-tae (KOR)	1:20.22
	Makoto Hirose (JPN)	1:20.37
	Akira Kuroiwa (JPN)	1:20.67
4	Hwang Ik-hwan (KOR)	1:22.47
5	Kim Gwang-son (PRK)	1:23.20
6	Na Yoon-soo (KOR)	1:23.29
7	Yasushi Kuroiwa (JPN)	1:23.30
8	Yukihiro Mitani (JPN)	1:23.88
9	Cho Yong-chol (PRK)	1:24.16
10	Pan Dianzhong (CHN)	1:25.86
11	Zhang Hong (CHN)	1:26.50
12	Lau Wai Kay (HKG)	2:08.38

1500 m

March 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Yukihiro Mitani (JPN)	2:01.46
	Munehisa Kuroiwa (JPN)	2:01.92
3	Yuya Sakai (JPN)	2:02.16
	Hwang Ik-hwan (KOR)	2:02.32
5	Kimihiro Hamaya (JPN)	2:03.21
6	Song Haiyu (CHN)	2:03.49
7	Bae Ki-tae (KOR)	2:03.53
8	Na Yoon-soo (KOR)	2:03.74
9	Cho Yong-chol (PRK)	2:03.78
10	Zhang Hong (CHN)	2:06.43
11	Kim Gwang-hyun (PRK)	2:07.65
12	Im Ri-bin (PRK)	2:33.99

Hwang Ik-hwan was awarded bronze because of no three-medal sweep per country rule.

5000 m

March 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Masahito Shinohara (JPN)	7:20.83
	Im Ri-bin (PRK)	7:28.37
	Munehisa Kuroiwa (JPN)	7:30.17
4	Yuya Sakai (JPN)	7:32.00
5	Lü Shuhai (CHN)	7:33.71
6	Kim Gwang-hyun (PRK)	7:33.78
7	Toshiaki Imamura (JPN)	7:35.63
8	Kim Kwan-kyu (KOR)	7:37.75
9	Song Haiyu (CHN)	7:41.30
10	Cho Yong-chol (PRK)	7:44.14

10000 m

March 4

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Munehisa Kuroiwa (JPN)	15:22.08
	Toshiaki Imamura (JPN)	15:31.85
3	Masahito Shinohara (JPN)	15:34.29
	Lü Shuhai (CHN)	15:37.03
5	Kim Kwan-kyu (KOR)	15:53.80
6	Park Jin-hyun (KOR)	15:59.34
7	Im Ri-bin (PRK)	16:02.22
8	Yuya Sakai (JPN)	16:04.09
9	Kim Gwang-hyun (PRK)	16:06.04

Lü Shuhai was awarded bronze because of no three-medal sweep per country rule.