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speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Speed skating

| games = 1936 Winter

| image = Speed skating pictogram.svg

| image_size = 80px

| caption = Pictogram for speed skating

| alt = Refer to caption

| venue = Riessersee

| date = 11–14 February 1936

| num_events = 4

| competitors = 52

| nations = 16

| prev = 1932

| next = 1948

}}

{{Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics}}

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held on Tuesday, 11 February 1936, Wednesday, 12 February 1936, Thursday, 13 February 1936, and on Friday, 14 February 1936.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1936/SSK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1936/SSK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=23 October 2019}}

Medal summary

Medal winner shown below {{cite book |title=IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht |year=1936 |author=Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele|publisher=Knorr & Hirth|page=437|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936win.pdf |accessdate=30 November 2010|format=PDF|language=German}}

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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| 500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivar Ballangrud|NOR|1936 Winter}}

43.4

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Georg Krog|NOR|1936 Winter}}

43.5

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Leo Freisinger|USA|1936 Winter}}

44.0
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| 1500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Charles Mathiesen|NOR|1936 Winter}}

2:19.2

OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivar Ballangrud|NOR|1936 Winter}}

2:20.2

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Birger Wasenius|FIN|1936 Winter}}

2:20.9
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| 5000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivar Ballangrud|NOR|1936 Winter}}

8:19.6 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Birger Wasenius|FIN|1936 Winter}}

8:23.3

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Antero Ojala|FIN|1936 Winter}}

8:30.1
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| 10,000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivar Ballangrud|NOR|1936 Winter}}

17:24.3 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Birger Wasenius|FIN|1936 Winter}}

17:28.2

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Max Stiepl|AUT|1936 Winter}}

17:30.0

Participating nations

Seventeen speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 52 speed skaters from 16 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

  • {{flagIOC|AUS|1936 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|AUT|1936 Winter|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|BEL|1936 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|CAN|1936 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|TCH|1936 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|EST|1936 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|FIN|1936 Winter|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|GER|1936 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|HUN|1936 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|JPN|1936 Winter|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|LAT|1936 Winter|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|NED|1936 Winter|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|NOR|1936 Winter|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|POL|1936 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1936 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|1936 Winter|5}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 1936 Winter

| team =

| gold_NOR = 4 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 2

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=og&year=1936&event=500|title=Results of the 1936 Olympic Games Men|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|accessdate=7 September 2012}}
  • {{cite book |title=IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht |author=(ed.) Peter von le Fort |publisher=Reichssportverlag |location=Berlin |year=1936 |language=German |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936win.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=10 June 2008}}
  • "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester {{ISBN|0-949853-05-4}} (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)
  • "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" [https://web.archive.org/web/20030308012801/http://www.olympics.com.au/cp7/c9/webi/externaldocument/000114aq.pdf PDF file]
  • "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee {{ISBN|0-7022-3425-7}} (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
  • {{cite book|title=IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht |author=(ed.) Peter von le Fort |publisher=Reichssportverlag |location=Berlin |year=1936 |language=German |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936win.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809151326/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936win.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2007 |format=PDF |access-date=10 June 2008 }}

{{Events at the 1936 Winter Olympics}}

{{Speed skating at the Winter Olympics}}

Category:Events at the 1936 Winter Olympics

1936

Olympics, 1936