Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Dates	16-19 February
Competitors	67 from 14 nations

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Ken Henry United States (USA)	43.2	Don McDermott United States (USA)	43.9	Gordon Audley Canada (CAN)  Arne Johansen Norway (NOR)	44.0
1500 metres	Hjalmar Andersen Norway (NOR)	2:20.4	Wim van der Voort Netherlands (NED)	2:20.6	Roald Aas Norway (NOR)	2:21.4
5000 metres	Hjalmar Andersen Norway (NOR)	8:10.6 (OR)	Kees Broekman Netherlands (NED)	8:21.6	Sverre Haugli Norway (NOR)	8:22.4
10000 metres	Hjalmar Andersen Norway (NOR)	16:45.8 (OR)	Kees Broekman Netherlands (NED)	17:10.6	Carl-Erik Asplund Sweden (SWE)	17:16.6

Participating nations

Seven speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 67 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the Oslo Games:

• Australia (1)
• Austria (3)
• Belgium (3)
• Canada (4)
• Finland (6)
• Germany (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (3)
• Japan (6)
• Netherlands (7)
• Norway (12)
• Sweden (9)
• United States (7)

Medal table

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
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	5	13

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• "Results of the 1952 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.