Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the II Olympic Winter Games
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Dates	13-14 February
Competitors	40 from 14 nations

At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

The 5000 metres race between Carlson and Mayke.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Bernt Evensen  Norway	43.4	none awarded	John Farrell  United States	43.6
		Jaakko Friman  Finland		43.6
	Clas Thunberg  Finland			43.6
		Roald Larsen  Norway
1500 metres	Clas Thunberg  Finland	2:21.1	Bernt Evensen  Norway	2:21.9	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	2:22.6
5000 metres	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	8:50.5	Julius Skutnabb  Finland	8:59.1	Bernt Evensen  Norway	9:00.1
10000 metres	The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice

Participating nations

A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

•  Austria (3)
• 23x15px Canada (3)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Finland (6)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (3)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Norway (8)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United States (4)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	1	3	6
2	Finland	2	1	1	4
3	United States	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee results database