Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueSt. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date31 January – 3 February 1948
No. of events4
Competitors68 from 15 nations
← 1936
1952 →

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.[1]

Medal summary[edit]

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

Participating nations[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

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