Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Riessersee
Dates	February 11-14
Competitors	52 from 16 nations

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936, Wednesday, February 12, 1936, Thursday, February 13, 1936, and on Friday, February 14, 1936.

Medal summary

Medal winner shown below

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	43.4	Georg Krog  Norway	43.5	Leo Freisinger  United States	44.0
1500 metres	Charles Mathiesen  Norway	2:19.2	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	2:20.2	Birger Wasenius  Finland	2:20.9
5000 metres	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	8:19.6 (OR)	Birger Wasenius  Finland	8:23.3	Antero Ojala  Finland	8:30.1
10000 metres	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	17:24.3 (OR)	Birger Wasenius  Finland	17:28.2	Max Stiepl  Austria	17:30.0

Participating nations

Seventeen speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 52 speed skaters from 16 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (8)
•  Belgium (2)
• 23x15px Canada (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Finland (5)
•  Germany (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Japan (7)
•  Latvia (3)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  Norway (7)
•  Poland (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United States (5)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	4	2	0	6
2	Finland	0	2	2	4
3	United States	0	0	1	1
	Austria	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee results database