Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the I Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Dates	26-27 January
Competitors	31 from 10 nations

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, but Clas Thunberg and Roald Larsen each won medals in all five events, with Thunberg winning 3 gold.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Charles Jewtraw  United States	44.0	Oskar Olsen  Norway	44.2	Roald Larsen  Norway Clas Thunberg  Finland	44.3
1500 metres	Clas Thunberg  Finland	2:20.8	Roald Larsen  Norway	2:22.0	Sigurd Moen  Norway	2:25.6
5000 metres	Clas Thunberg  Finland	8:39.0	Julius Skutnabb  Finland	8:48.0	Roald Larsen  Norway	8:50.2
10000 metres	Julius Skutnabb  Finland	18:04.8	Clas Thunberg  Finland	18:07.8	Roald Larsen  Norway	18:12.2
All-round	Clas Thunberg  Finland	198.023	Roald Larsen  Norway	199.763	Julius Skutnabb  Finland	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:

•  Belgium (4)
• 23x15px Canada (1)
•  Finland (3)
•  France (4)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•  United States (6)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	4	2	2	8
2	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Norway	0	3	4	7

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Official Report (digitized copy online)