Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Speed skating
Games:	1924 Winter
Venue:	Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Date:	26–27 January 1924
Num Events:	5
Competitors:	31
Nations:	10
Next:	1928

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]

Medal summary

500 metres		44.0		44.2		44.8
1500 metres		2:20.8		2:22.0		2:25.6
5000 metres		8:39.0		8:48.0		8:50.2
10,000 metres		18:04.8		18:07.8		18:12.2
All-round		198.023		199.763		202.347

Participating nations

Eleven speed skaters competed in all four individual events.

A total of 31 speed skaters from ten nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Official Report (digitized copy online)
• Web site: Results of the 1924 Olympic Games Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 September 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053655/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1924/SSK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 22 October 2019.