Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. This was the last edition in which only men participated. The competitions were held from Saturday, 28 January, to Tuesday, 31 January 1956.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Medal summary

500 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	40.2 Template:WR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	40.8	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	41.0
1500 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:08.6 Template:WR			Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:09.4
5000 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	7:48.7 (OR)	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	7:56.7	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	7:57.5
10,000 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	16:35.9 (OR)	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	16:36.9	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	16:42.3

Participating nations

A total of 18 nations competed in the 4 events. Ten speed skaters competed in all four events.

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External links

• International Olympic Committee results database
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