Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Lake Misurina
Dates	28-31 January
Competitors	83 from 17 nations

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, 28 January, to Tuesday, 31 January 1956.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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
10000 metres	Sigvard Ericsson  Sweden	16:35.9 (OR)	Knut Johannesen  Norway	16:36.9	Oleg Goncharenko  Soviet Union	16:42.3

Participating nations

A total of 18 nations competed in the 4 events.

Medal table

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
Total		5	3	4	12

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• "Results of the 1956 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012. 

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