- Medal summary
- Participating nations
- Medal table
- References
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Speed skating
| games = 1952 Winter
| image = Speed skating pictogram.svg
| image_size = 80px
| caption = Pictogram for speed skating
| alt = Refer to caption
| venue = Bislett Stadium
| date = 16–19 February 1952
| num_events = 4
| competitors = 67
| nations = 14
| prev = 1948
| next = 1956
}}{{Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952. Medal summary | {{DetailsLink>Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres}}Ken Henry|USA|1952 Winter}} | 43.2 | Don McDermott|USA|1952 Winter}} | 43.9 | Gordon Audley|CAN|1952 Winter}}
{{flagIOCmedalist|Arne Johansen|NOR|1952 Winter}} | 44.0 | | {{DetailsLink>Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres}}Hjalmar Andersen|NOR|1952 Winter}} | 2:20.4 | Wim van der Voort|NED|1952 Winter}} | 2:20.6 | Roald Aas|NOR|1952 Winter}} | 2:21.6 | | {{DetailsLink>Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres}}Hjalmar Andersen|NOR|1952 Winter}} | 8:10.6
(OR) | Kees Broekman|NED|1952 Winter}} | 8:21.6 | Sverre Haugli|NOR|1952 Winter}} | 8:22.4 | | {{DetailsLink>Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres}}Hjalmar Andersen|NOR|1952 Winter}} | 16:45.8
(OR) | Kees Broekman|NED|1952 Winter}} | 17:10.6 | Carl-Erik Asplund|SWE|1952 Winter}} | 17:16.6 |
Participating nationsSeven speed skaters competed in all four events. A total of 67 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the Oslo Games: - {{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1952 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1952 Winter|7}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Winter|12}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Winter|9}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Winter|7}}
Medal table{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOC
| event = 1952 Winter
| team =
| gold_NOR = 3 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 3
| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
}}References- International Olympic Committee results database
- {{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=og&year=1952&event=500|title=Results of the 1952 Olympic Games Men|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|accessdate=7 September 2012}}
{{EventsAt1952WinterOlympics}}{{Olympic Games Speed skating}} 4 : 1952 Winter Olympics events|Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|International speed skating competitions hosted by Norway|Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics |