 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakokorodzano yeOlympic ya1914, nhume dzakabvumirana kubatanidza mutambo wokumhanya-mhanya pamakwara marefu muOlympic ya1916, pashure pokunge mutambo wokutamba pamakumbo wakanga waitwa muMitambo yeOlympic ya1908. Zvisinei, Hondo Yenyika I yakamisa zvirongwa zvemakwikwi eOlympic, uye yakanga isati yasvika kusvika muvhiki yemitambo yechando muChamonix muna 1924 - yakapiwa chinzvimbo cheOlympic - kuti ice speed skating yakasvika purogiramu yeOlympic. Charles Jewtraw wokuLake Placid, New York, akakunda menduru yegoridhe yeOlympic yokutanga, kunyange zvazvo vaNorway vakati kuti vaivapo vakati Oskar Olsen akanga aronga nguva iri nani. Nyaya dzenguva dzomumakiromita 500 dzaiva dambudziko mumutambo uyu kusvikira maawa emagetsi asvika mumakore ekuma1960. Mumutambo weOlympic wemamita 500 wa1936, zvakaratidzwa kuti nguva yaIvar Ballangrud yemamita 500 yakanga iri yechipiri. Finland yakakunda menduru dzegoridhe ina dzasara paMitambo ya1924, naClas Thunberg achikunda mamita 1.500, mamita 5.000, uye nhangemutange yose. Yakanga iri nguva bedzi apo menduru yegoridhe yeOlympic yose yakapihwa mukumhanyisa skating. 