Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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At the 1956 Winter Olympics
, four speed skating
events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, January 28 to Tuesday, January 31, 1956.
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...
, four speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, January 28 to Tuesday, January 31, 1956.
Medal summary
| 500 metres |
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| 1500 metres |
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| 5000 metres |
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| 10000 metres |
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
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