Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the VII Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Lake Misurina
Dates	28-31 January
Competitors	83 from 17 nations

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, 28 January, to Tuesday, 31 January 1956.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS)	40.2 WR	Rafayel Grach Soviet Union (URS)	40.8	Alv Gjestvang Norway (NOR)	41.0
1500 metres	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Mikhaylov Soviet Union (URS)	2:08.6 WR			Toivo Salonen Finland (FIN)	2:09.4
5000 metres	Boris Shilkov Soviet Union (URS)	7:48.7 (OR)	Sigvard Ericsson Sweden (SWE)	7:56.7	Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union (URS)	7:57.5
10000 metres	Sigvard Ericsson Sweden (SWE)	16:35.9 (OR)	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	16:36.9	Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union (URS)	16:42.3

Participating nations

A total of 18 nations competed in the 4 events.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	1	2	7
2	Sweden	1	1	0	2
3	Norway	0	1	1	2
4	Finland	0	0	1	1

Total		5	3	4	12

References

International Olympic Committee results database
"Results of the 1956 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina d'Ampezzo)

Alpine skiing Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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