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	43.2	Don McDermott  United States	43.9	Gordon Audley 23x15px Canada Arne Johansen  Norway	44.0
1500 metres	Hjalmar Andersen  Norway	2:20.4	Wim van der Voort  Netherlands	2:20.6	Roald Aas  Norway	2:21.4
5000 metres	Hjalmar Andersen  Norway	8:10.6 (OR)	Kees Broekman  Netherlands	8:21.6	Sverre Haugli  Norway	8:22.4
10000 metres	Hjalmar Andersen  Norway	16:45.8 (OR)	Kees Broekman  Netherlands	17:10.6	Carl-Erik Asplund  Sweden	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)
• 23x15px 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	23x15px Canada	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	5	13

References

• International Olympic Committee results database