Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
Venue St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date 31 January – 3 February 1948
No. of events 4
Competitors 68 from 15 nations

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Finn Helgesen
 Norway
43.1 Ken Bartholomew
 United States
Thomas Byberg
 Norway
Robert Fitzgerald
 United States
43.2 None awarded
1500 metres
Sverre Farstad
 Norway
2:17.6 Åke Seyffarth
 Sweden
2:18.1 Odd Lundberg
 Norway
2:18.9
5000 metres
Reidar Liaklev
 Norway
8:29.4 Odd Lundberg
 Norway
8:32.7 Göthe Hedlund
 Sweden
8:34.8
10,000 metres
Åke Seyffarth
 Sweden
17:26.3 Lassi Parkkinen
 Finland
17:36.0 Pentti Lammio
 Finland
17:42.7

Participating nations

Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway3216
2 Sweden1113
3 United States0202
4 Finland0112
Totals (4 nations)46313


References

  • International Olympic Committee results database
  • "Results of the 1948 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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