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Olympic speed skating, 2002

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Olympic speed skating, 2002

Mark Jackson of New Zealand takes the lead in a heat of the men's 1,000-metre speed-skating event during the 2002 Winter Olympics, held at Salt Lake City. New Zealand speed skaters have competed in short-track events at the 1992, 1994, 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, and in long-track events in 1998 and 2010.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Ice sports – Ice skating, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40954/olympic-speed-skating-2002 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 27 February 2013, updated 1 January 2016.