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 |
Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics | |
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500 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Finn Helgesen | 43.1 | Ken Bartholomew Thomas Byberg Robert Fitzgerald | 43.2 | None awarded | |
1500 metres |
Sverre Farstad | 2:17.6 | Åke Seyffarth | 2:18.1 | Odd Lundberg | 2:18.9 |
5000 metres |
Reidar Liaklev | 8:29.4 | Odd Lundberg | 8:32.7 | Göthe Hedlund | 8:34.8 |
10,000 metres |
Åke Seyffarth | 17:26.3 | Lassi Parkkinen | 17:36.0 | Pentti Lammio | 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:
Austria (3) Belgium (1) Canada (4) Czechoslovakia (1) Denmark (1) Finland (5) Great Britain (5) Hungary (5) Italy (4) Netherlands (4) Norway (12) South Korea (3) Sweden (6) Switzerland (5) United States (9)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Totals (4 nations) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- "Results of the 1948 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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