Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueBislett Stadium
Date16–19 February 1952
No. of events4
Competitors67 from 14 nations
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Speed skating at the
1952 Winter Olympics
500 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen

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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
details 		Ken Henry
 United States		 43.2 Don McDermott
 United States		 43.9 Gordon Audley
 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		 2:21.6
5000 metres
details 		Hjalmar Andersen
 Norway		 8:10.6
(OR) 		Kees Broekman
 Netherlands		 8:21.6 Sverre Haugli
 Norway		 8:22.4
10,000 metres
details 		Hjalmar Andersen
 Norway		 16:45.8
(OR) 		Kees Broekman
 Netherlands		 17:10.6 Carl-Erik Asplund
 Sweden		 17:16.6

Participating nations

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Seven speed skaters competed in all four events.

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway3036
2 United States1102
3 Netherlands0303
4 Canada0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (5 entries)44513

References

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