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{{Short description|Japanese speed skater (born 1986)}}
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{{Infobox speed skater
{{Infobox speed skater
| name = Nao Kodaira
| name = Nao Kodaira
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| nationality = Japanese
| nationality = Japanese
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chino, Nagano|Chino]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], Japan
| birth_place = [[Chino, Nagano]], Japan
| height = 1.65 m
| height = 1.65 m
| weight = 61 kg
| weight = 61 kg
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| event = 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m
| event = 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m
| club =
| club =
| show-medals = no
| retired = 2022
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships|World Single Distances Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships|World Single Distances Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2017 Gangneung]]|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2017 Gangneung]]|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2020 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2020 Salt Lake City]]|[[2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2017 Gangneung|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2017 Gangneung|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships|2019 Inzell]]|[[2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships|2019 Inzell]]|[[2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2017 Calgary]]|[[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women|Sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2017 Calgary]]|[[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women|Sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2019 Heerenveen]]|[[2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women|Sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2019 Heerenveen]]|[[2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women|Sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2020 Hamar]]|[[2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women|Sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Results#Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Results#Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
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{{Medal|Bronze|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana/Almaty]]|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games#1500 m 2|1500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana/Almaty]]|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games#1500 m 2|1500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Universiade|Winter Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Universiade|Winter Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Harbin|1500m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|1500m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Speed skating at the 2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Turin]]|[[Speed skating at the 2007 Winter Universiade|1000m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Turin]]|[[Speed skating at the 2007 Winter Universiade|1000m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2009 Harbin|1000m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2009 Harbin|1000m}}
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'''Nao Kodaira''' ({{lang-ja|小平 奈緒}}; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese long-track [[Speed skating|speed skater]] who specialises in the sprint distances.
'''Nao Kodaira''' ({{langx|ja|小平 奈緒}}; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese former [[Long track speed skating|long track speed skater]] who specialised in the sprint distances.


She is the [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Olympic champion]] in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.
She is the [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Olympic champion]] in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.
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==Career==
==Career==
At the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] she won a silver medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit|team pursuit event]]. She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics. At the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2|2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea]], on 21 November 2014, she won the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]], and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the world cup. At the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2015 world single distance championships]], she won the bronze medal in the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]].
At the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] she won a silver medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit|team pursuit event]]. She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics. At the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2|2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea]], on 21 November 2014, she won the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]], and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup. At the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2015 World Single Distance Championships]], she won the bronze medal in the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]].


At the [[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2017 world single distance championships]], she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kodaira captures women’s 500-meter title at world championships|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/02/10/more-sports/winter-sports-more-sports/kodaira-captures-womens-500-meter-title-world-championships|accessdate=10 February 2017|publisher=''[[The Japan Times]]''|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> She won also silver medal in the women's 1000 m event at the championships. At the [[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|world sprint championships in the year]], she won the women competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU world cup women's 500 m races.
At the [[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2017 World Single Distance Championships]], she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kodaira captures women's 500-meter title at world championships|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/02/10/more-sports/winter-sports-more-sports/kodaira-captures-womens-500-meter-title-world-championships|access-date=10 February 2017|newspaper=[[Japan Times]]|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships. At the [[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2017 World Sprint Championships]], she won the women's competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup.


Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU world cup one in the 2017/18 season ahead of the Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.eu/index.html|title=ISU RESULTS|website=www.isuresults.eu|language=en|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref>
Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the [[2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|2017–18 season]] ahead of the Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.eu/index.html|title=ISU RESULTS|website=isuresults.eu|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222131836/http://www.isuresults.eu/index.html|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


She is the current world record holder in the women's [[World record progression 1000 m speed skating women|1000 metres]],<ref name=wr>{{cite web
She is the current world record holder in the 2×500 metres and the sprint combination,<ref name=wrsprintcomb>{{cite web
|url = http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=9
|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=sprint
|title = World Records
|title = Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women
|publisher = www.speedskatingresults.com
|publisher = speedskatingstats.com
|accessdate = 25 December 2017
|access-date = 28 April 2017
}}</ref> 2×500 metres and the sprint combination,<ref name=wrsprintcomb>{{cite web
}}</ref> and the former world record holder in the [[World record progression 1000 m speed skating women|1000 metres]]<ref name=wr1000>{{cite web
|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=sprint
|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1000
|title = Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women
|title = Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women
|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com
|publisher = speedskatingstats.com
|accessdate = 28 April 2017
|access-date = 11 March 2019
}}</ref> and the former one in the women's team sprint, as well as the current Japanese record holder in the women's 500 metres.<ref name=nr>{{cite web
}}</ref> and the team sprint, as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres.<ref name=or>{{cite web|title=Olympic Records|url=http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=10|publisher=SpeedskatingResults.com|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=nr>{{cite web
|url = http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=11
|url = http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=11
|title = National Records – Japan (JPN)
|title = National Records – Japan (JPN)
|publisher = www.speedskatingresults.com
|publisher = speedskatingresults.com
|accessdate = 29 April 2017
|access-date = 11 March 2019
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


At the [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Winter Olympics]], Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and silver one in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.<ref name=harris>{{citation |last=Harris |first=Beth |title=Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=18 February 2018 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-winter-olympics-500-meter-womens-speedskating-20180218-story.html}}</ref>
At the [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Winter Olympics]], Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.<ref name=harris>{{citation |last=Harris |first=Beth |title=Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=18 February 2018 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-winter-olympics-500-meter-womens-speedskating-20180218-story.html}}</ref> In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-12 |title=Japan's Olympic champion Kodaira to retire |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/japans-olympic-champion-kodaira-retire-2022-04-12/ |access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref>


==Records==
==Records==

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{{PersonalRecordsSport|Women's speed skating}}
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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|36.39|16 March 2019|[[Olympic Oval]], Calgary|Current Japanese record.<ref name=nr/>}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|36.47|9 March 2019|[[Utah Olympic Oval]], Salt Lake City|2nd place in [[World record progression 500 m speed skating women|the women's 500 m history]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ISU World Cup SPEED SKATING Salt Lake City 1st 500m Ladies|url=https://live.isuresults.eu/events/2018_USA_0001/competition/3/results|work=[[International Skating Union|ISU]]|accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>
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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m<br>(sea level)|36.94|18 February 2018|[[Gangneung Oval]], Gangneung|Current [[List of world records in speed skating#Sea-level world bests|sea-level world best]], current [[List of Olympic records in speed skating|Olympic record]].<ref name=or/>
}}
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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m (sea level)|36.94|18 February 2018|[[Gangneung Oval]], Gangneung|Current [[List of world records in speed skating#Sea-level world bests|sea-level world best]], current [[List of Olympic records in speed skating|Olympic record]].<ref>{{cite web|title=PYEONGCHANG SPEED SKATING LADIES’ 500M|url=https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/speed-skating/ladies-500m|work=IOC||accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|2×500 m|73.55|26 February 2017|[[Olympic Oval]], Calgary|Current [[List of world records in speed skating|world record]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Speed Skating – Records – Historical World Record 2 x 500m – Ladies|url=http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D103150&SportID%3D103&RecordtypeID%3D10&EventID%3D11184&GenderID%3D2&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html?68004|work=[[International Skating Union|ISU]]|date=26 February 2017|accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref>}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|2×500 m|73.55|26 February 2017|Olympic Oval, Calgary|Current [[List of world records in speed skating|world record]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Speed Skating – Records – Historical World Record 2 x 500m – Ladies|url=http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D103150&SportID%3D103&RecordtypeID%3D10&EventID%3D11184&GenderID%3D2&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html|work=[[International Skating Union|ISU]]|date=26 February 2017|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:11.77| 9 March 2019 7|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:11.77|9 March 2019|{{nowrap|[[Utah Olympic Oval]]}}, {{nowrap|Salt Lake City}}|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:59.03|20 February 2009|[[Harbin]], China|Current [[List of Universiade records in speed skating|Universiade record]].}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:52.67|5 December 2021|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4:21.53|22 October 2010|[[M-Wave]], Nagano|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Team sprint|1:26.82|14 November 2015|Olympic Oval, Calgary|Former world record.<ref name=stats/><ref>{{cite web|title=ISU World Cup Speed Skating Calgary – Result Team Sprint Ladies|url=http://live.isuresults.eu/2017-2018/calgary/r315.htm|work=ISU|date=1 December 2017|accessdate=4 March 2018}}</ref>}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Team sprint|1:26.62|22 November 2015|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Sprint comb.|146.390|25–26 February 2017|Olympic Oval, Calgary|Current world record.<ref name=wrsprintcomb/>}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Sprint comb.|146.390|25–26 February 2017|Olympic Oval, Calgary|Current world record.<ref name=wrsprintcomb/>}}
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===World records===
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{{PersonalRecordsSport|Speed skating}}
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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Sprint comb.|146.390|25–26 February 2017|[[Olympic Oval]], Calgary|Current world record.<ref name=wrsprintcomb/>}}
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===Olympic records===
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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|36.94|18 February 2018|{{nowrap|[[Gangneung Oval]]}}, Gangneung|Current Olympic record.<ref name=or/>}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ISU speed skater|234611}}
*{{ISU speed skater|234611}}
*{{Sports-reference}}
*{{Sports links}}


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| title = [[World record progression 1000 m speed skating women|Women's 1000 m speed skating world record]]
| before = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brittany Bowe]]
| before = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brittany Bowe]]
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| after = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brittany Bowe]]
| years = 10 December 2017 – present
| years = 10 December 2017 – 9 March 2019
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Latest revision as of 11:08, 28 October 2024

Nao Kodaira
Kodaira during the 2018 Olympics
Personal information
Native name小平 奈緒
NationalityJapanese
Born (1986-05-26) 26 May 1986 (age 38)
Chino, Nagano, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m
Retired2022
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salt Lake City 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gangneung 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Inzell 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Heerenveen 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Inzell 1000 m
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Calgary Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2019 Heerenveen Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2020 Hamar Sprint
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Astana/Almaty 1500 m
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Harbin 1500m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Turin 1000m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Harbin 1000m

Nao Kodaira (Japanese: 小平 奈緒; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese former long track speed skater who specialised in the sprint distances.

She is the 2018 Olympic champion in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.

In 2009, she graduated from Shinshu University with a bachelor's degree in education.

Career

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At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a silver medal in the team pursuit event. She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics. At the 2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea, on 21 November 2014, she won the 500 m event, and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 500 m event.

At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships, she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event.[1] She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships. At the 2017 World Sprint Championships, she won the women's competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup.

Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the 2017–18 season ahead of the Olympics.[2]

She is the current world record holder in the 2×500 metres and the sprint combination,[3] and the former world record holder in the 1000 metres[4] and the team sprint, as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres.[5][6]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.[7] In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano.[8]

Records

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Personal records

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Personal records[9]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 36.39 16 March 2019 Olympic Oval, Calgary Current Japanese record.[6]
500 m
(sea level)		 36.94 18 February 2018 Gangneung Oval, Gangneung Current sea-level world best, current Olympic record.[5]
2×500 m 73.55 26 February 2017 Olympic Oval, Calgary Current world record.[10]
1000 m 1:11.77 9 March 2019 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:52.67 5 December 2021 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 4:21.53 22 October 2010 M-Wave, Nagano
Team sprint 1:26.62 22 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
Sprint comb. 146.390 25–26 February 2017 Olympic Oval, Calgary Current world record.[3]

World records

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World records[11]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
1000 m 1:12.09 10 December 2017 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City World record until beaten by Brittany Bowe on 9 March 2019.[4]
Sprint comb. 146.390 25–26 February 2017 Olympic Oval, Calgary Current world record.[3]

Olympic records

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Olympic records
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 36.94 18 February 2018 Gangneung Oval, Gangneung Current Olympic record.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Kodaira captures women's 500-meter title at world championships". Japan Times. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ "ISU RESULTS". isuresults.eu. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Olympic Records". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b "National Records – Japan (JPN)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ Harris, Beth (18 February 2018), "Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa", Chicago Tribune
  8. ^ "Japan's Olympic champion Kodaira to retire". Reuters. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Nao Kodaira". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Speed Skating – Records – Historical World Record 2 x 500m – Ladies". ISU. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Nao Kodaira". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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Records
Preceded by Women's sprint combination speed skating world record
26 February 2017 – present 		Succeeded by
Current holder
Preceded by Women's 1000 m speed skating world record
10 December 2017 – 9 March 2019 		Succeeded by
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