Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueBislett Stadium
Date16–19 February 1952
No. of events4
Competitors67 from 14 nations
← 1948
1956 →

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

Medal summary

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

Seven speed skaters competed in all four events.

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

Medal table

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

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