（School of Physical Education，Northeast Normal University，Changchun 130024，China）
Abstract: By performing a comparative analysis on speed skating competition results achieved in the 9th–11th Na-tional Games, the author probed into the pattern of development of athletic results of various speed skating events in China, and revealed the following findings: the results of men’s and women’s 500m and 1,000 m (short distance) all round events were improved step by step at a significant speed; the overall results of men’s and women’s 500 m and 1,500 m and women’s 3,000 m and 5 000 m all round events were improved gradually but not significantly enough; the overall results of men’s 5,000 m and 10,000 m all round events were lowered, and at a significant speed, but the results of the winners of these two events were all improved significantly; women 500 m is an absolute advanta-geous event for China, men’s 500 m and women’s 1,000 m are secondary advantageous events for China, while other events are disadvantageous events for China, so the overall differences are great, and becoming greater and greater. The author proposed to shift the focus of training and scientific research to men’s and women’s all round events, so as to promote the overall improvement of athletic results of speed skating in China.Key words: competition and training；speed skaiting；National Games of PRC