Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Speed skating; at the VII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Lake Misurina
Date	28–31 January 1956
No. of events	4
Competitors	83 from 17 nations

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. This was the last edition in which only men participated. The competitions were held from Saturday, 28 January, to Tuesday, 31 January 1956.[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union	40.2 WR	Rafayel Grach Soviet Union	40.8	Alv Gjestvang Norway	41.0
1500 metres	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Yuri Mikhaylov Soviet Union	2:08.6 WR			Toivo Salonen Finland	2:09.4
5000 metres	Boris Shilkov Soviet Union	7:48.7 (OR)	Sigvard Ericsson Sweden	7:56.7	Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union	7:57.5
10,000 metres	Sigvard Ericsson Sweden	16:35.9 (OR)	Knut Johannesen Norway	16:36.9	Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union	16:42.3

Participating nations

A total of 18 nations competed in the 4 events. Ten speed skaters competed in all four events.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	1	2	7
2	Sweden	1	1	0	2
3	Norway	0	1	1	2
4	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		5	3	4	12

References

"Speed Skating at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

External links

International Olympic Committee results database
"Results of the 1956 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

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[SR-1] "Speed Skating at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.