1952 Winter Olympics / speed skating

Speed ​​skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Oslo
Competition venue	Bislett Stadium
Nations	14th
Athletes	67 (67 )
date	16. – 19. February 1952
decisions	4th
← St. Moritz 1948 Cortina 1956 →

At the VI. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , four speed skating competitions were held. The venue was the Bislett Stadium , on whose track an artificial ice surface had been created temporarily.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	3	-	3	6th
2	United States	1	1	-	2
3	Netherlands	-	3	-	3
4th	Canada	-	-	1	1
5	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
500 m	Kenneth Henry	Donald McDermott	Gordon Audley Arne Johansen
1500 m	Hjalmar Andersen	Willem van der Voort	Roald Carrion
5000 m	Hjalmar Andersen	Cornelis Broekman	Sverre Ingolf Haugli
10,000 m	Hjalmar Andersen	Cornelis Broekman	Carl-Erik Asplund

Results

500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Kenneth Henry	43.2
2	United States	Donald McDermott	43.9
3	CAN	Gordon Audley	44.0
	NOR	Arne Johansen
5	NOR	Finn Helgesen	44.0
6th	NOR	Hroar ​​Elvenes	44.1
	JPN	Kiyotaka Takabayashi
8th	NED	Gerard Maarse	44.2
	FIN	Toivo saloons
10	NOR	Sigmund Søfteland	44.3
25th	AUT	Franz Offenberger	45.9
33	GER	Theo Meding	46.8

Date: February 16, 1952
41 participants from 14 countries, 39 of them in the ranking.

Although defending champion Finn Helgesen ran the same time as the two bronze medalists with 44.0, he was classified fifth as he lost a few millimeters in his run against Gordon Audley.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Hjalmar Andersen	2: 20.4
2	NED	Willem van der Voort	2: 20.6
3	NOR	Roald Carrion	2: 21.6
4th	SWE	Carl-Erik Asplund	2: 22.6
5	NED	Kees Broekman	2: 22.8
6th	FIN	Lassi Parkkinen	2: 23.0
7th	FIN	Kauko Salomaa	2: 23.3
8th	SWE	Sigvard Ericsson	2: 23.4
	NOR	Ivar Martinsen
10	HUN	Ferenc Lőrincz	2: 23.7
20th	AUT	Ferenc Lőrincz	2: 25.9
22nd	AUT	Ferenc Lőrincz	2: 26.6
36	AUT	Konrad Pecher	2: 34.8

Date: February 18, 1952
39 participants from 13 countries, all in the ranking.

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Hjalmar Andersen	8: 10.6 ( OR )
2	NED	Cornelis Broekman	8: 21.6
3	NOR	Sverre Ingolf Haugli	8: 22.4
4th	NED	Anton Huiskes	8: 28.5
5	NED	Willem van der Voort	8: 30.6
6th	SWE	Carl-Erik Asplund	8: 30.7
7th	FIN	Pentti Lammio	8: 31.9
8th	AUT	Arthur Mannsbarth	8: 36.3
9	NOR	Wiggo Hanssen	8: 37.2
10	JPN	Yoshiyasu Gomi	8: 38.6
27	GER	Theo Meding	8: 57.4
30th	AUT	Franz Offenberger	9: 03.0
32	AUT	Konrad Pecher	9: 04.9

Date: February 17, 1952
35 participants from 13 countries, all in the ranking.

10,000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Hjalmar Andersen	16: 45.8 ( OR )
2	NED	Cornelis Broekman	17: 10.6
3	SWE	Carl-Erik Asplund	17: 16.6
4th	FIN	Pentti Lammio	17: 20.5
5	NED	Anton Huiskes	17: 25.5
6th	NOR	Sverre Haugli	17: 30.2
7th	JPN	Kazuhiko Sugawara	17: 34.0
8th	FIN	Lassi Parkkinen	17: 36.8
9	SWE	Göthe Hedlund	17: 39.2
10	GBR	John Hearn	17: 41.5
11	AUT	Arthur Mannsbarth	17: 44.2
22nd	GER	Theo Meding	18: 24.4
26th	AUT	Franz Offenberger	19: 04.2

Date: February 19, 1952
30 participants from 12 countries, 28 of them in the ranking

Andersen had also recently set the world record in 16: 32.6 at the European Championships in Östersund .

Web links

• Speed ​​skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1952 Winter Olympics (PDF; 25.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "The third gold medal for Andersen" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).