Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the V Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Eisstadion Badrutts Park, St. Moritz
Dates	31 January-3 February 1948
Competitors	68 from 15 nations

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Finn Helgesen  Norway	43.1	Ken Bartholomew  United States Thomas Byberg  Norway Robert Fitzgerald  United States	43.2
1500 metres	Sverre Farstad  Norway	2:17.6	Åke Seyffarth  Sweden	2:18.1	Odd Lundberg  Norway	2:18.9
5000 metres	Reidar Liaklev  Norway	8:29.4	Odd Lundberg  Norway	8:32.7	Göthe Hedlund  Sweden	8:34.8
10000 metres	Åke Seyffarth  Sweden	17:26.3	Lassi Parkkinen  Finland	17:36.0	Pentti Lammio  Finland	17:42.7

Participating nations

Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

•  Austria (3)
•  Belgium (1)
• 23x15px Canada (4)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Finland (5)
•  Great Britain (5)
•  Hungary (5)
•  Italy (4)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Norway (12)
•  South Korea (3)
•  Sweden (6)
•  Switzerland (5)
•  United States (9)

Medal table

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

References

• International Olympic Committee results database