Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
# Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres details | Finn Helgesen Norway | 43.1 | Ken Bartholomew United StatesThomas Byberg NorwayRobert Fitzgerald United States | 43.2 | None awarded | |
| 1500 metres details | Sverre Farstad Norway | 2:17.6 | Åke Seyffarth Sweden | 2:18.1 | Odd Lundberg Norway | 2:18.9 |
| 5000 metres details | Reidar Liaklev Norway | 8:29.4 | Odd Lundberg Norway | 8:32.7 | Göthe Hedlund Sweden | 8:34.8 |
| 10,000 metres details | Åke Seyffarth Sweden | 17:26.3 | Lassi Parkkinen Finland | 17:36.0 | Pentti Lammio Finland | 17:42.7 |

## Participating nations

Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.

A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

* Austria (3)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (4)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (5)
* Great Britain (5)
* Hungary (5)
* Italy (4)
* Netherlands (4)
* Norway (12)
* South Korea (3)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (5)
* United States (9)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
