Speed skating at the I Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Stade Olympique de Chamonix |
Date | 26–27 January 1924 |
No. of events | 5 |
Competitors | 31 from 10 nations |
1928 → |
Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics | |
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500 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
All-round | men |
At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, five speed skating events were contested, all for men. The competitions were held on Saturday, January 26, 1924, and on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Charles Jewtraw won the first gold medal of the 1924 Winter Games, and Clas Thunberg and Roald Larsen each won medals in all five events, with Thunberg winning 3 gold.[1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres details | Charles Jewtraw![]() | 44.0 | Oskar Olsen![]() | 44.2 | Roald Larsen![]() Clas Thunberg ![]() | 44.8 |
1500 metres details | Clas Thunberg![]() | 2:20.8 | Roald Larsen![]() | 2:22.0 | Sigurd Moen![]() | 2:25.6 |
5000 metres details | Clas Thunberg![]() | 8:39.0 | Julius Skutnabb![]() | 8:48.0 | Roald Larsen![]() | 8:50.2 |
10,000 metres details | Julius Skutnabb![]() | 18:04.8 | Clas Thunberg![]() | 18:07.8 | Roald Larsen![]() | 18:12.2 |
All-round details | Clas Thunberg![]() | 198.023 | Roald Larsen![]() | 199.763 | Julius Skutnabb![]() | 202.347 |
Eleven speed skaters competed in all four individual events.
A total of 31 speed skaters from ten nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Totals (3 entries) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |