Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the II Olympic Winter Games
The St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink in 1928
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date	13–14 February 1928
No. of events	4
Competitors	40 from 14 nations

Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men

At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Bernt Evensen  Norway	43.4	none awarded		John Farrell  United States	43.6
	Clas Thunberg  Finland				Jaakko Friman  Finland
					Roald Larsen  Norway
1500 metres	Clas Thunberg  Finland	2:21.1	Bernt Evensen  Norway	2:21.9	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	2:22.6
5000 metres	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	8:50.5	Julius Skutnabb  Finland	8:59.1	Bernt Evensen  Norway	9:00.1
10,000 metres	The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice

Participating nations

The 5000 metres race between Armand Carlsen (left) and Erhard Mayke (right).

A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

•  Austria (3)
•  Canada (3)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Finland (6)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (3)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Norway (8)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United States (4)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	1	3	6
2	Finland	2	1	1	4
3	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		4	2	5	11

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• "Results of the 1928 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.