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<p><span class="autocomment">Participating nations</span></p>
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{{Infobox Olympic event<br />
| event = Speed skating<br />
| games = 1956 Winter<br />
| image = Speed skating pictogram.svg<br />
| image_size = 80px<br />
| caption = Pictogram for speed skating<br />
| alt = Refer to caption<br />
| venue = [[Lake Misurina]]<br />
| date = 28–31 January 1956<br />
| num_events = 4<br />
| competitors = 83<br />
| nations = 17<br />
| prev = [[Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]<br />
| next = [[Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics}}<br />
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">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/SSK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/SSK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=26 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Medal summary==<br />
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| 500 metres<br />{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres}}<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)|Yevgeny Grishin]]|URS|1956 Winter}}||40.2 {{WR}}<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rafayel Grach]]|URS|1956 Winter}}||40.8<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alv Gjestvang]]|NOR|1956 Winter}}||41.0<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| 1500 metres<br />{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres}}<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)|Yevgeny Grishin]]|URS|1956 Winter}}<hr>{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yuri Mikhaylov]]|URS|1956 Winter}}||2:08.6 {{WR}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Toivo Salonen]]|FIN|1956 Winter}}||2:09.4<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| 5000 metres<br />{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres}}<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Boris Shilkov]]|URS|1956 Winter}}||7:48.7<br /><small>([[List of Olympic records in speed skating|OR]])</small><br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sigvard Ericsson]]|SWE|1956 Winter}}||7:56.7<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oleg Goncharenko]]|URS|1956 Winter}}||7:57.5<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| 10,000 metres<br />{{DetailsLink|Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres}}<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sigvard Ericsson]]|SWE|1956 Winter}}||16:35.9<br /><small>([[List of Olympic records in speed skating|OR]])</small><br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Knut Johannesen]]|NOR|1956 Winter}}||16:36.9<br />
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oleg Goncharenko]]|URS|1956 Winter}}||16:42.3<br />
|}<br />
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==Participating nations==<br />
A total of 18 nations competed in the 4 events.<br />
Ten speed skaters competed in all four events.<br />
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{{div col|colwidth=18em}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Winter|1}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter|4}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1956 Winter|1}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter|3}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1956 Winter|3}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1956 Winter|6}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Winter|1}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|EUA|1956 Winter|2}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter|3}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1956 Winter|5}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Winter|5}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1956 Winter|4}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|NED|1956 Winter|6}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1956 Winter|11}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Winter|11}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Winter|7}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1956 Winter|2}}<br />
* {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Winter|8}}<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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==Medal table==<br />
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{{Medals table<br />
| caption = <br />
| host = <br />
| flag_template = flagIOC<br />
| event = 1956 Winter<br />
| team = <br />
| gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 2<br />
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0<br />
| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 1<br />
| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=og&year=1956&event=500|title=Results of the 1956 Olympic Games Men|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|accessdate=7 September 2012}}<br />
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{{Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics}}<br />
{{Speed skating at the Winter Olympics}}<br />
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[[Category:Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics| ]]<br />
[[Category:Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|1956]]<br />
[[Category:International speed skating competitions hosted by Italy|Olympics, 1956]]</div>
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