Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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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.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres details	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Georg Krog Norway (NOR)	Leo Freisinger United States (USA)
1500 metres details	Charles Mathiesen Norway (NOR)	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Birger Wasenius Finland (FIN)
5000 metres details	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Birger Wasenius Finland (FIN)	Antero Ojala Finland (FIN)
10000 metres details	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Birger Wasenius Finland (FIN)	Max Stiepl Austria (AUT)

[edit] 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)
• 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database

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