Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Speed Skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Dates 16-19 February
Competitors 67 from 14 nations
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At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
details
Ken Henry
 United States
43.2 Don McDermott
 United States
43.9 Gordon Audley
23x15px Canada
Arne Johansen
 Norway
44.0
1500 metres
details
Hjalmar Andersen
 Norway
2:20.4 Wim van der Voort
 Netherlands
2:20.6 Roald Aas
 Norway
2:21.4
5000 metres
details
Hjalmar Andersen
 Norway
8:10.6
(OR)
Kees Broekman
 Netherlands
8:21.6 Sverre Haugli
 Norway
8:22.4
10000 metres
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Hjalmar Andersen
 Norway
16:45.8
(OR)
Kees Broekman
 Netherlands
17:10.6 Carl-Erik Asplund
 Sweden
17:16.6

Participating nations

Seven speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 67 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the Oslo Games:

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway 3 0 3 6
2  United States 1 1 0 2
3  Netherlands 0 3 0 3
4 23x15px Canada 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 5 13

References