1924 Winter Olympics / speed skating

Speed ​​skating at the 1st Olympic Winter Games
information
venue	Chamonix
Competition venue	Stade Olympique
Nations	10
Athletes	31 (31 men)
date	26.-27. January 1924
decisions	5
St. Moritz 1928 →

At the 1st Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924 , five speed skating competitions were held. The venue was the Stade Olympique . It was the first major meeting between European and North American athletes in the 20th century.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Finland	4th	2	2	8th
2	United States	1	-	-	1
3	Norway	-	3	4th	7th

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
500 m	Charles Jewtraw	Oskar Olsen	Roald Larsen Clas Thunberg
1500 m	Clas Thunberg	Roald Larsen	Sigurd Moen
5000 m	Clas Thunberg	Julius Skutnabb	Roald Larsen
10,000 m	Julius Skutnabb	Clas Thunberg	Roald Larsen
All-around	Clas Thunberg	Roald Larsen	Julius Skutnabb

Results

500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Charles Jewtraw	44.0 ( OR )
2	NOR	Oskar Olsen	44.2
3	FIN	Clas Thunberg	44.8
	NOR	Roald Larsen
5	FIN	Asser Wallenius	45.0
6th	SWE	Axel Blomqvist	45.2
7th	CAN	Charles Gorman	45.4
8th	United States	Joe Moore	45.6
	NOR	Harald Strøm
10	FIN	Julius Skutnabb	46.4

Date: January 26, 1924
27 participants from 11 countries, all in the ranking.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FIN	Clas Thunberg	2: 20.8 ( OR )
2	NOR	Roald Larsen	2: 22.0
3	NOR	Sigurd Moen	2: 25.6
4th	FIN	Julius Skutnabb	2: 26.6
5	NOR	Harald Strøm	2: 29.0
6th	NOR	Oskar Olsen	2: 29.2
7th	United States	Harry Kaskey	2: 29.8
8th	United States	Charles Jewtraw	2: 31.6
	United States	Joe Moore
10	LAT	Albert's rumba	2: 32.0

Date: January 27, 1924
22 participants from 9 countries, 21 of them in the ranking.

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FIN	Clas Thunberg	8: 39.0 ( OR )
2	FIN	Julius Skutnabb	8: 48.4
3	NOR	Roald Larsen	8: 50.2
4th	NOR	Sigurd Moen	8: 51.0
5	NOR	Harald Strøm	8: 54.6
6th	United States	Valentine Bialas	8: 55.0
7th	NOR	Fridtjof Paulsen	8: 59.0
8th	United States	Richard Donovan	9: 05.6
9	FRA	Léon Quaglia	9: 08.6
10	FIN	Asser Wallenius	9: 12.8

Date: January 26, 1924
22 participants from 10 countries, 21 of them in the ranking.

10,000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FIN	Julius Skutnabb	18: 04.8 ( OR )
2	FIN	Clas Thunberg	18: 07.8
3	NOR	Roald Larsen	18: 12.2
4th	NOR	Fridtjof Paulsen	18: 13.0
5	NOR	Harald Strøm	18: 16.6
6th	NOR	Sigurd Moen	18: 19.0
7th	FRA	Léon Quaglia	18: 25.0
8th	United States	Valentine Bialas	18: 34.0
9	United States	Richard Donovan	18: 57.0
10	FIN	Asser Wallenius	19: 03.8

Date: January 27, 1924
16 participants from 6 countries, 15 of them in the ranking.

All-around

space	country	athlete	500 m	1500 m	5000 m	10,000 m	Points
1	FIN	Clas Thunberg	1.5	1	1	2	5.5 ( OR )
2	NOR	Roald Larsen	1.5	2	3	3	9.5
3	FIN	Julius Skutnabb	4th	4th	2	1	11
4th	NOR	Harald Strøm	3	5	5	4th	17th
5	NOR	Sigurd Moen	5	3	4th	5	17th
6th	FRA	Léon Quaglia	6th	7th	6th	6th	25th
7th	LAT	Albert's rumba	7th	6th	7th	7th	27
8th	POLE	Leon Jucewicz	8th	8th	8th	8th	32
9	FRA	André Gegout	9	9	9	9	36

Date: 26./27. January 1924
11 participants from 5 countries, 9 of them in the evaluation. The place figures for all four races were added up.

Web links

• Speed ​​skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1924 Winter Olympics (PDF file; 83.57 MB)