Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the II Olympic Winter Games
«1924	1932»

At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

The 5000 metres race between Carlson and Mayke.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres	Bernt Evensen Norway (NOR)	none awarded	John Farrell United States (USA)
			Jaakko Friman Finland (FIN)
	Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)
			Roald Larsen Norway (NOR)
1500 metres	Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN)	Bernt Evensen Norway (NOR)	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)
5000 metres	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Julius Skutnabb Finland (FIN)	Bernt Evensen Norway (NOR)
10000 metres	The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice

Participating nations

A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

• Austria (3)
• Canada (3)
• Estonia (2)
• Finland (6)
• France (2)
• Germany (3)
• Great Britain (3)
• Hungary (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Norway (8)
• Sweden (1)
• United States (4)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	1	3	6
2	Finland	2	1	1	4
3	United States	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee results database