Speed_skating_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics

Speed skating
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating; at the VII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Lake Misurina
Date	28–31 January 1956
No. of events	4
Competitors	83 from 17 nations
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Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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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]

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union	40.2 WR	Rafayel Grach Soviet Union	40.8	Alv Gjestvang Norway	41.0
1500 metres details	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Yuri Mikhaylov Soviet Union	2:08.6 WR			Toivo Salonen Finland	2:09.4
5000 metres details	Boris Shilkov Soviet Union	7:48.7 (OR)	Sigvard Ericsson Sweden	7:56.7	Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union	7:57.5
10,000 metres details	Sigvard Ericsson Sweden	16:35.9 (OR)	Knut Johannesen Norway	16:36.9	Oleg Goncharenko Soviet Union	16:42.3

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Speed_skating_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics

Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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