Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating; at the VI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Date	16–19 February 1952
No. of events	4
Competitors	67 from 14 nations

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, 16 February to Tuesday, 19 February 1952.[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Ken Henry United States	43.2	Don McDermott United States	43.9	Gordon Audley Canada Arne Johansen Norway	44.0
1500 metres	Hjalmar Andersen Norway	2:20.4	Wim van der Voort Netherlands	2:20.6	Roald Aas Norway	2:21.6
5000 metres	Hjalmar Andersen Norway	8:10.6 (OR)	Kees Broekman Netherlands	8:21.6	Sverre Haugli Norway	8:22.4
10,000 metres	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:

Australia (1)
Austria (3)
Belgium (3)
Canada (4)
Finland (6)
Germany (1)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (2)
Italy (3)
Japan (6)
Netherlands (7)
Norway (12)
Sweden (9)
United States (7)

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	Canada	0	0	1	1
4	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		4	4	5	13

References

"Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

External links

International Olympic Committee results database
"Results of the 1952 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

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[SR-1] "Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.