Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating; at the VI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Date	16–19 February 1952
No. of events	4
Competitors	67 from 14 nations
	← 1948 1956 →

VenueBislett Stadium

Date16–19 February 1952

No. of events4

Competitors67 from 14 nations

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]

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Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

500 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
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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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	3	0	3	6
2	United States	1	1	0	2
3	Netherlands	0	3	0	3
4	Canada	0	0	1	1
4	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	5	13

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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