Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Riessersee
Date 11–14 February 1936
No. of events 4
Competitors 52 from 16 nations

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936, Wednesday, February 12, 1936, Thursday, February 13, 1936, and on Friday, February 14, 1936.

Medal summary

Medal winner shown below [1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway
43.4 Georg Krog
 Norway
43.5 Leo Freisinger
 United States
44.0
1500 metres
Charles Mathiesen
 Norway
2:19.2

OR

Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway
2:20.2 Birger Wasenius
 Finland
2:20.9
5000 metres
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway
8:19.6 OR Birger Wasenius
 Finland
8:23.3 Antero Ojala
 Finland
8:30.1
10,000 metres
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway
17:24.3 OR Birger Wasenius
 Finland
17:28.2 Max Stiepl
 Austria
17:30.0

Participating nations

Seventeen speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 52 speed skaters from 16 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway4206
2 Finland0224
3 Austria0011
 United States0011
Totals (4 nations)44412


References

  1. Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Knorr & Hirth. p. 437. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  • International Olympic Committee results database
  • "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.


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