Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the I Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Dates	26-27 January
Competitors	31 from 10 nations

At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, five speed skating events were contested, all for men. The competitions were held on Saturday, January 26, 1924 and on Sunday, January 27, 1924.

Charles Jewtraw won the first gold medal of the 1924 Winter Games, but Clas Thunberg and Roald Larsen each won medals in all five events, with Thunberg winning 3 gold.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Charles Jewtraw United States (USA)	44.0	Oskar Olsen Norway (NOR)	44.2	Roald Larsen Norway (NOR)  Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)	44.3
1500 metres	Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)	2:20.8	Roald Larsen Norway (NOR)	2:22.0	Sigurd Moen Norway (NOR)	2:25.6
5000 metres	Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)	8:39.0	Julius Skutnabb Finland (FIN)	8:48.0	Roald Larsen Norway (NOR)	8:50.2
10000 metres	Julius Skutnabb Finland (FIN)	18:04.8	Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)	18:07.8	Roald Larsen Norway (NOR)	18:12.2
All-round	Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)	198.023	Roald Larsen Norway (NOR)	199.763	Julius Skutnabb Finland (FIN)	202.347

Participating nations

Eleven speed skaters competed in all four individual events.

A total of 31 speed skaters from ten nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

• Belgium (4)
• Canada (1)
• Finland (3)
• France (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• Latvia (1)
• Norway (5)
• Poland (1)
• Sweden (2)
• United States (6)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	4	2	2	8
2	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Norway	0	3	4	7

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Official Report (digitized copy online)
• "Results of the 1924 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.