Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.

Speed skating

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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Norway Finn Helgesen
Norway (NOR)
United States Ken Bartholomew
United States (USA)
Norway Thomas Byberg
Norway (NOR)
United States Robert Fitzgerald
United States (USA)
1500 metres
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Norway Sverre Farstad
Norway (NOR)
Sweden Åke Seyffarth
Sweden (SWE)
Norway Odd Lundberg
Norway (NOR)
5000 metres
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Norway Reidar Liaklev
Norway (NOR)
Norway Odd Lundberg
Norway (NOR)
Sweden Göthe Hedlund
Sweden (SWE)
10000 metres
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Sweden Åke Seyffarth
Sweden (SWE)
Finland Lassi Parkkinen
Finland (FIN)
Finland 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:

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] References