Speed skating at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Lake Misurina |
Date | 28–31 January 1956 |
No. of events | 4 |
Competitors | 83 from 17 nations |
Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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500 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. This was the last edition in which only men participated. The competitions were held from Saturday, 28 January, to Tuesday, 31 January 1956. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union |
40.2 WR |
Rafayel Grach Soviet Union |
40.8 |
Alv Gjestvang Norway |
41.0 |
1500 metres |
Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Yuri Mikhaylov Soviet Union |
2:08.6 WR |
Toivo Salonen Finland |
2:09.4 | ||
5000 metres |
Boris Shilkov Soviet Union |
7:48.7 ( OR) |
Sigvard Ericsson Sweden |
7:56.7 |
Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union |
7:57.5 |
10,000 metres |
Sigvard Ericsson Sweden |
16:35.9 ( OR) |
Knut Johannesen Norway |
16:36.9 |
Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union |
16:42.3 |
A total of 18 nations competed in the 4 events. Ten speed skaters competed in all four events.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |