Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres details	Finn Helgesen Norway (NOR)	Ken Bartholomew United States (USA)  Thomas Byberg Norway (NOR)  Robert Fitzgerald United States (USA)
1500 metres details	Sverre Farstad Norway (NOR)	Åke Seyffarth Sweden (SWE)	Odd Lundberg Norway (NOR)
5000 metres details	Reidar Liaklev Norway (NOR)	Odd Lundberg Norway (NOR)	Göthe Hedlund Sweden (SWE)
10000 metres details	Åke Seyffarth Sweden (SWE)	Lassi Parkkinen Finland (FIN)	Pentti Lammio Finland (FIN)

[edit] 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)
• 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database

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