| Speed skating at the V Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Pictogram for speed skating | |
| Venue | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink |
| Date | 31 January – 3 February 1948 |
| No. of events | 4 |
| Competitors | 68 from 15 nations |
| Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
At the 1948 Winter Olympics , four speed skating events were contested. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Finn Helgesen  Norway | 43.1 | Ken Bartholomew  United States Thomas Byberg Norway Robert Fitzgerald United States | 43.2 | None awarded | |
| 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 |
| 10,000 metres | Åke Seyffarth Sweden | 17:26.3 | Lassi Parkkinen  Finland | 17:36.0 | Pentti Lammio Finland | 17:42.7 |
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)| 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 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
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