Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men. But medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

Speed skating

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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Norway Bernt Evensen
Norway (NOR)
Finland Clas Thunberg
Finland (FIN)
United States John Farrell
United States (USA)
Finland Jaakko Friman
Finland (FIN)
Norway Roald Larsen
Norway (NOR)
1500 metres
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Finland Clas Thunberg
Finland (FIN)
Norway Bernt Evensen
Norway (NOR)
Norway Ivar Ballangrud
Norway (NOR)
5000 metres
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Norway Ivar Ballangrud
Norway (NOR)
Finland Julius Skutnabb
Finland (FIN)
Norway Bernt Evensen
Norway (NOR)
10000 metres
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The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway Norway 2 1 3 6
2 Finland Finland 2 1 1 4
3 United States United States 0 0 1 1

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