Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.
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[edit] Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
500 metres details |
Finn Helgesen Norway (NOR) |
Ken Bartholomew United States (USA) Thomas Byberg Norway (NOR) Robert Fitzgerald United States (USA) |
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1500 metres details |
Sverre Farstad Norway (NOR) |
Åke Seyffarth Sweden (SWE) |
Odd Lundberg Norway (NOR) |
5000 metres details |
Reidar Liaklev Norway (NOR) |
Odd Lundberg Norway (NOR) |
Göthe Hedlund Sweden (SWE) |
10000 metres details |
Åke Seyffarth Sweden (SWE) |
Lassi Parkkinen Finland (FIN) |
Pentti Lammio Finland (FIN) |
[edit] Participating nations
Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.
A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
- Austria (3)
- Belgium (1)
- Canada (4)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (5)
- Great Britain (5)
- Hungary (5)
- Italy (4)
- Netherlands (4)
- Norway (12)
- South Korea (3)
- Sweden (6)
- Switzerland (5)
- United States (9)
[edit] Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
[edit] References
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