Speed Skating isn't that complicated of a concept. You skate. Preferably fast. And you use funky long skates with blades that have springs.
It's a bit more difficult in practice.
There are two types of races for speed skating. You have your long track, and your short track. During the long track, skaters only skate two at a time, one per lane. You're trying to beat the clock here.
For the short track, there's like 6 at a time, and you're just trying to pass the finish line first. It doesn't actually matter what time you get, the one(s) who wins the race moves on. Often the winning time for an earlier round is faster than the winning time for the final.
Men's speed skating has been around since the first Olympic Winter Games. Women have been winning medals in it since the 1960 games. Only long track races were done up until the 1992 games, with the exception of the 1932 games.
Traditionally, the sport has been dominated by Eastern Europeans, with a good showing by the Americans. Recently, Canadians and some Asian countries have been putting in a good showing as well.
Men's Medals by Country: Gold Silver Bronze
Norway 24 26 26
The Netherlands 12 20 15
United States 17 12 5
Russia 11 13 10
Finland 6 7 6
Sweden 7 4 5
Canada 5 6 10
Germany 6 1 4
South Korea 5 3 1
Japan 2 3 7
China 0 3 2
Italy 1 2 0
Austria 0 1 4
Australia 1 0 0
Belarus 0 1 0
Belgium 0 0 1
Great Britain 0 0 1
Women's Medal Count Gold Silver Bronze
Germany 17 23 15
Russia 13 8 11
United States 12 10 11
The Netherlands 8 6 4
Canada 4 5 5
South Korea 6 2 3
China 2 8 3
Finland 1 2 2
Austria 1 1 1
Norway 1 0 1
Poland 0 1 1
Bulgaria 0 1 1
Japan 0 0 3
North Korea 0 0 2
Kazakhstan 0 0 1
By Year:
Nagano, Japan. 1998
Women's 500m
- Canada Catriona Lamey Doan 1:16.60 - Gold
- Canada Susan Auch 1:16.93 - Silver
- Japan Tomomi Okazaki 1:16.93 - Bronze
Men's 500m
Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu 71.35 - Gold
Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon 71.84 - Silver
Canada Kevin Overland 71.86 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
The Netherlands Marianne Timmer 1:16.51 - Gold
United States Chris Witty 1:16.79 - Silver
Canada Catriona Lemay Doan 1:17.37 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
The Netherlands Ids Postma 1:10.64 - Gold
The Netherlands Jan Bos 1:10.71 - Silver
Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu 1:11.00 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
The Netherlands Marianne Timmer 1:57.58 - Gold
Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 1:58.66 - Silver
United States Chris Witty 1:58.97 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
Norway Aadne Sondral 1:47.87 - Gold
The Netherlands Ids Postma 1:48.13 - Silver
The Netherlands Rintje Ritsma 1:48.52 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 4:07.29 - Gold
Germany Claudia Pechstein 4:08.47 - Silver
Germany Anna Friesinger 4:09.44- Bronze
Men's 5000m
The Netherlands Gianni Romme 6:22.20 - Gold
The Netherlands Rintje Ritsma 6:28.24 - Silver
Belgium Vart Veldkamp 6:28.31 - Bronze
Women's 5000m
Germany Claudia Pechstein 6:59.61 - Gold
Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 6:59.65 - Silver
Kazakhstan Lyudmila Prokasheva 7:11.14 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
The Netherlands Gianni Romme 13:15.33 - Gold
The Netherlands Bob de Jong 13:25.76 - Silver
The Netherlands Rintje Ritsma 13:28.19 - Bronze
Women's 500m Short Track
Canada Annie Perreault 46.568 - Gold
China Yang Yang 46.627 - Silver
South Korea Chun Lee-Kyung 46.335 - Bronze
Men's 500m Short Track
Japan Takafumi Nishitani 42.862 - Gold
China Yulong An 43.022 - Silver
Japan Hitoshi Uematsu 43.713 - Bronze
Women's 1000m Short Track
South Korea Chun Lee-Kyung 1:42.776 - Gold
China Yang Yang 1:43.343 - Silver
South Korea Won Hye-Kyung 1:43.361 - Bronze
Men's 1000m Short Track
South Korea Dong-Sung Kim 1:32.375 - Gold
China Jiajun Li 1:32.428 - Silver
Canada Eric Bedard 1:32.661 - Bronze
Women's 3000m Short Track Relay
South Korea - Gold
China - Silver
Canada - Bronze
Men's 5000m Short Track Relay
Canada - Gold
South Korea - Silver
China - Bronze
Lillehammer, Norway. 1994
Men's 500m
Russia Aleksandr Golubev 36.33 - Gold
Russia Sergei Klevchenya 36.39 - Silver
Japan Manabu Horii 36.53 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
United States Bonnie Blair 1:18.74 - Gold
Germany Anke Baier 1:20.12 - Silver
China Qiaobo Ye 1:20.22 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
United States Dan Jansen 1:12.43 - Gold
Belarus Igor Zhelezovsky 1:12.72 - Silver
Russia Sergei Klevchenya 1:12.85 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
Austria Emese Hunyady 2:02.19 - Gold
Russia Svetlana Fedotkina 2:02.69 - Silver
Germany Gunda Niemann 2:03.41 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
Norway Johann Olav Koss 1:51.29 - Gold
The Netherlands Rintje Ritsma 1:51.99 - Silver
The Netherlands Falko Zandstra 1:52.38 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Russia Svetlana Bashanova 4:17.43 - Gold
Austria Emese Hunyady 4:18.14 - Silver
Germany Claudia Pechstein 4:18.34 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Johann Olav Koss 6:34.96 - Gold
Norway Kjell Storelid 6:42.68 - Silver
The Netherlands Rintje Ritsma 6:43.94 - Bronze
Women's 5000m
Germany Claudia Pechstein 7:14.37 - Gold
Germany Gunda Niemann 7:14.88 - Silver
Japan Hiromi Yamamoto 7:19.68 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Norway Johann Olav Koss 13:30.55 - Gold
Norway Kjell Storelid 13:49.25 - Silver
The Netherlands Bart Veldkamp 13:56.73 - Bronze
Women's 500m Short Track
United States Cathy Turner 45.98 - Gold
China Zhang Yanmei 46.44 - Silver
United States Amy Peterson 46.76 - Bronze
Men's 500m Short Track
South Korea Chao Ji-Hoon 43.45 - Gold
Italy Mirko Vuillerman 43.47 - Silver
Great Britain Nicholas Gooch 43.68 - Bronze
Women's 1000m Short Track
South Korea Chun Lee-Kyung 1:36.87 - Gold
Canada Nathalie Lambert 1:36.97 - Silver
South Korea Kim So-Hee 1:37.09 - Bronze
Men's 1000m Short Track
South Korea Him Ki-Hoon 1:34.57 - Gold
South Korea Chao Ji-Hoon 1:34.92 - Silver
Canada Marc Gagnon 1:33.03 - Bronze
Women's 3000m Short Track Relay
South Korea - Gold
Canada - Silver
United States - Bronze
Men's 5000m Short Track Relay
Italy - Gold
United States - Silver
Austria - Bronze
Albertville, France. 1992
Men's 500m
Germany Uwe-Jens Mey 37.14 - Gold
Japan Toshiyuki Kuroiwa 37.18 - Silver
Japan Junichi Inoue 37.26 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
United States Bonnie Blair 1:21.9 - Gold
China Qiabo Ye 1:21.92 - Silver
Germany Monique Garbrecht 1:22.10 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
Germany Olaf Zinke 1:14.85 - Gold
South Korea Kim Yoon-Man 1:14.86 - Silver
Japan Yukinori Miyabe 1:14.92 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
Germany Jacqueline Börner 2:05.87 - Gold
Germany Gunda Niemann 2:05.92 - Silver
Japan Seiko Hashimoto 2:06.88- Bronze
Men's 1500m
Norway Johann Olav Koss 1:54.81 - Gold
Norway Adne Soendral 1:54.85 - Silver
The Netherlands Leo Visser 1:54.90 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Germany Gunda Niemann 4:19.90 - Gold
Germany Heike Warnicke 4:22.88 - Silver
Austria Emese Hunyady 4:24.64 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Geir Karlstad 6:59.97 - Gold
The Netherlands Falko Zandstra 7:02.28 - Silver
The Netherlands Leo Visser 7:04.96 - Bronze
Women's 5000m
Germany Gunda Niemann 7:31.57 - Gold
Germany Heike Warnicke 7:37.59 - Silver
Germany Claudia Pechstein 7:39.80 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
The Netherlands Bart Veldkamp 14:12.12 - Gold
Norway Johann Olav Koss 14:14.58 - Silver
Norway Geir Karlstad 14:18.13 - Bronze
Women's 500m Short Track
United States Cathy Turner 47.04 - Gold
China Li Yan 47.08 - Silver
North Korea Hwang Ok-Sil 47.23 - Bronze
Men's 1000m Short Track
South Korea Kim Ki-Hoon 1:30.76 - Gold
Canada Frederic Blackburn 1:31.11 - Silver
South Korea Lee Joon-Ho 1:31.16 - Bronze
Women's 3000m Short Track Relay
Canada - Gold
United States - Silver
Unified Team - Bronze
Men's 5000m Short Track Relay
South Korea - Gold
Canada - Silver
Japan - Bronze
Calgary, Canada. 1988
Men's 500m
East Germany Uwe-Jens Mey 36.45 - Gold
The Netherlands Jan Ykema 36.76 - Silver
Japan Akira Kuroiwa 36.77 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
East Germany Christa Rothenburger 1:17.65 - Gold
East Germany Karin Kania 1:17.70 - Silver
United States Bonnie Blair 1:18.31 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
Soviet Union Nikolai Gulyayev 1:13.03 - Gold
East Germany Uwe-Jens Mey 1:13.11 - Silver
Soviet Union Igor Zhelezovsky 1:13.19 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
The Netherlands Yvonne van Gennip 2:00.68 - Gold
East Germany Karin Kania 2:00.82 - Silver
East Germany Andrea Ehrig 2:01.49 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
East Germany André Hoffman 1:52.06 - Gold
United States Eric Flaim 1:52.12 - Silver
Austria Michael Hadschieff 1:52.31 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
The Netherlands Yvonne van Gennip 4:11.94 - Gold
East Germany Andrea Ehrig 4:12.09 - Silver
East Germany Gabi Zange 4:16.92 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Sweden Thomas Gustafson 6:44.63 - Gold
The Netherlands Leo Visser 6:44.98 - Silver
The Netherlands Gerard Kemkers 6:45.92 - Bronze
Women's 5000m
The Netherlands Yvonne van Gennip 7:14.13 - Gold
East Germany Andrea Ehrig 7:17.12 - Silver
East Germany Gabi Zange 7:21.61 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Sweden Tomas Gustafson 13:48.20 - Gold
Austria Michael Hadscheiff 13:56.11 - Silver
The Netherlands Leo Visser 14:00.55 - Bronze
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. 1984
Men's 500m
Soviet Union Sergei Fockichev 38.19 - Gold
Japan Yoshihiro Kitazawa 38.30 - Silver
Canada Gaetan Boucher 38.39 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
East Germany Karin Enke 1:21.61 - Gold
East Germany Andrea Schöne 1:22.83 - Silver
Soviet Union Natalya Petruseva 1:23.21 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
Canada Gaetan Boucher 1:15.80 - Gold
Soviet Union Sergei Khlebnikov 1:16.63 - Silver
Norway Kai Arne Engelstad 1:16.75 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
Canada Gaetan Boucher 1:58.36 - Gold
Soviet Union Sergei Khlebnikov 1:58.83 - Silver
Soviet Union Oleg Bogiev 1:58.89 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
East Germany Karin Enke 2:03.42 - Gold
East Germany Andrea Schöne 2:05.29 - Silver
Soviet Union Natalya Petruseva 2:05.78 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Sweden Thomas Gustafson 7:12.28 - Gold
Soviet Union Igor Malkov 7:12.30 - Silver
East Germany Rene Schöfisch 7:17.49 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
East Germany Andrea Schöne 4:24.79 - Gold
East Germany Karin Enke 4:26.33 - Silver
East Germany Gabi Schönbrunn 4:33.13 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Soviet Union Igor Malkov 14:39.90 - Gold
Sweden Tomas Gustafson 14:39.95 - Silver
East Germany Rene Schoefisch 14:46.91 - Bronze
Lake Placid, United States. 1980
Men's 500m
United States Eric Heiden 38.03 - Gold
Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov 38.37 - Silver
The Netherlands Lieuwe de Boer 38.48 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
Soviet Union Nataly Petrusseva 1:24.10 - Gold
United States Leah Poulos-Mueller - Silver
East Germany Silvia Albrecht 1:26.46 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
United States Eric Heiden 1:15.18 - Gold
Canada Gaetan Boucher 1:16.68 - Silver
Norway Frode Roenning 1:16.91 - Bronze
Soviet Union Vladimir Lobanov 1:16.91 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
The Netherlands Annie Borckink 2:10.95 - Gold
The Netherlands Ria Visser - Silver
East Germany Sabine Becker 2:12.38 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
United States Eric Heiden 1:55.44 - Gold
Norway Kai Arne Stenshjemmet 1:56.81 - Silver
Norway Jerje Andersen 1:56.92 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Norway Björg Eva Jensen 4:32.13 - Gold
East Germany Sabine Becker - Silver
United States Elisabeth Heiden 4:33.77 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
United States Eric Heiden 7:02.29 - Gold
Norway Kai Arne Stenshjemmet 7:03.28 - Silver
Norway Tom Erik Oxholm 7:05.59 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
United States Eric Heiden 14:28.13 - Gold
The Netherlands Piet Kleine 14:36.03 - Silver
Norway Tom Erik Oxholm 14:36.60 - Bronze
Innsbruck, Austria. 1976
Men's 500m
Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov 39.17 - Gold
Soviet Union Valeri Muratov 39.25 - Silver
United States Dan Immerfall 39.54 - Bronze
Men's 1000m
United States Peter Mueller 1:19.32 - Gold
Norway Joern Didriksen 1:20.45 - Silver
Soviet Union Valeri Muratov 1:20.57 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
Soviet Union Tatyana Averina 1:28.43 - Gold
United States Leah Poulos 1:28.57 - Silver
United States Sheila Young 1:29.14 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
Norway Jan Egil Storholt 1:59.38 - Gold
Soviet Union Yuriy Kondakov 1:59.97 - Silver
The Netherlands Hans van Helden 2:00.87 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
Soviet Union Galina Stepanskaya 2:16.58 - Gold
United States Sheila Young 2:17.06 - Silver
Soviet Union Tatyana Averina 2:17.96 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Sten Stensen 7:24.28 - Gold
The Netherlands Piet Kleine 7:26.47 - Silver
The Netherlands Hans van Helden 7:26.54 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Soviet Union Tatyana Averina 4:45.19 - Gold
East Germany Andrea Mitscherlich 4:45.23 - Silver
Norway Lisbeth Korsmo 4:45.24 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
The Netherlands Piet Kleine 14:50.59 - Gold
Norway Sten Stensen 14:53.30 - Silver
The Netherlands Hans van Helden 15:02.02 - Bronze
Sapporo, Japan. 1972
Men's 500m
West Germany Erhard Keller 39.44 - Gold
Sweden Haase Boerjes 39.69 - Silver
Soviet Union Valeri Muratrov 39.80 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
West Germany Monika Pflug 1:31.40 - Gold
The Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra 1:31.61 - Silver
United States Anne Henning 1:31.62 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
The Netherlands Ard Schenk 2:02.96 - Gold
Norway Roar Grönvold 1:31.61 - Silver
Sweden Göran Claeson2:05.8 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
United States Dianne Holum 2:20.85 - Gold
The Netherlands Christina Baas-Kaiser 2:21.05 - Silver
The Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra 2:22.05 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
The Netherlands Ard Schenk 7:23.61 - Gold
Norway Roar Grönvold 7:28.18 - Silver
Norway Sten Stensen 7:33.39 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
The Netherlands Christina Baas-Kaiser - Gold
United States Dianne Holum 4:58.67 - Silver
The Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra 4:59.91 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
The Netherlands Ard Schenk 15:01.35 - Gold
The Netherlands Cornelis Verkerk 15:04.70 - Silver
Norway Sten Stensen 15:07.08 - Bronze
Grenoble, France. 1968
Men's 500m
West Germany Erhard Keller 40.3 - Gold
United States Terry McDermott USA 40.5 - Silver
Norway Magne Thomassen 40.5 - Silver
Women's 1000m
The Netherlands Carolina Geijssen 1:32.6 - Gold
Soviet Union Ludmila Titova 1:32.9 - Silver
United States Dianne Holum 1:33.4 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
The Netherlands Cornelis Verkerk 2:03.4 - Gold
The Netherlands Ard Schenk 2:05.0 - Silver
Norway Ivar Eriksen 2:05.0 - Silver
Women's 1500m
Finland Kaija Mustonen 2:22.4 - Gold
The Netherlands Carolina Geijssen 2:22.7 - Silver
The Netherlands Christina Kaiser 2:24.5 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Fred Anton Maier 7:22.4 - Gold
The Netherlands Cornelis Verkerk 7:23.2 - Silver
The Netherlands Petrus Nottet 7:25.5 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
The Netherlands Johanna Schut 4:56.2 - Gold
Finland Kaija Mustonen 5:01.0 - Silver
The Netherlands Christina Kaiser 5:01.3 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Sweden Johnny Hoeglin 15:23.6 - Gold
Norway Fred Maier 15:23.9 - Silver
Sweden Knut Johannesen 15:31.8 - Bronze
Innsbruck, Austria. 1964
Men's 500m
United States Terry McDermott 40.1 - Gold
Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin 40.6 - Silver
Soviet Union Vladimir Orlov 40.6 - Silver
Norawy Alv Gjestvang 40.6 - Silver
Women's 1000m
Soviet Union Lidia Skoblikova 1:33.2 - Gold
Soviet Union Irina Yegorova 1:34.3 - Silver
Finland Kaija Mustonen 1:34.8 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
Soviet Union Ants Antson 2:10.3 - Gold
The Netherlands Cornelis Verkerk 2:10.6 - Silver
Norway Villy Haugen 2:11.2 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
Soviet Union Lidia Skoblikova 2:22.6 - Gold
Finland Kaija Mustonen 2:25.5 - Silver
Soviet Union Berta Kolokoltseva 2:27.1 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Knut Johannesen 7:38.4 - Gold
Norway Per Ivar Moe 7:38.6 - Silver
Norway Fred Anton Maier 7:42.0 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Soviet Union Lidia Skoblikova 5:14.9 - Gold
Soviet Union Valentina Stenina 5:18.5 - Silver
North Korea Pil Hwa Han 5:18.5 - Silver
Men's 10000m
Sweden Jonny Nilsson 15:50.1 - Gold
Norway Fred Anton Maier 16:06.0 - Silver
Norway Knut Johannesen 16:06.3 - Bronze
Squaw Valley, United States. 1960
Men's 500m
Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin 40.2 - Gold
United States William Disney 40.3 - Silver
Soviet Union Rafael Grach 40.4 - Bronze
Women's 1000m
Soviet Union Klara Guseva 1:34.1 - Gold
Germany Helga Haase 1:34.3 - Silver
Soviet Union Tamara Rylova 1:34.8 - Bronze
Men's 1500m
Norway Roald Aas 2:10.4 - Gold
Soviet Union Yevgeniy Grischin 2:10.4 - Gold
Soviet Union Boris Stenin 2:11.5 - Bronze
Women's 1500m
Soviet Union Lidia Skoblikova 2:25.2 - Gold
Poland Elvira Seroczynska 2:25.7 - Silver
Poland Helena Pilejczyk 2:27.1 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Soviet Union Viktor Kositschkin 7:51.3 - Gold
Norway Knut Johannesen 8:00.8 - Silver
The Netherlands Jan Pesman 8:05.1 - Bronze
Women's 3000m
Soviet Union Lidia Skoblikova 5:14.3 - Gold
Soviet Union Valentina Stenina 5:16.9 - Silver
Finland Eevi Huttunen 5:21.0 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Norway Knut Johannesen 15:46.6 - Gold
Soviet Union Viktor Kosichkin 15:49.2 - Silver
Sweden Kjell Beackman 16:14.2 - Bronze
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 1956
Men's 1500m
Soviet Union Yevgeniy Grischin 2:08.6 - Gold
Soviet Union Yury Michailov 2:08.6 - Gold
Finland Toivo Salonen 2:09.4 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Soviet Union Boris Schikov 7:48.7 - Gold
Sweden Sigvard Ericsson 7:56.7 - Silver
Soviet Union Oleg Gontscharenko 7:57.5 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Sweden Sigvard Ericsson 16:35.9 - Gold
Norway Knut Johannesen 16:36.9 - Silver
Soviet Union Oleg Goncharenko 16:42.3 - Bronze
Oslo, Norway. 1952
Men's 1500m
Norway Hjalmar Andersen 2:20.4 - Gold
The Netherlands Willem van derVoort 2:20.6 - Silver
Norway Roald Aas 2:21.6 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Hjalmar Andersen 8:10.6 - Gold
The Netherlands Cornelis Broekman 8:21.6 - Silver
Norway Sverre Haugli 8:22.4 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Norway Hjalmar Andersen 16:45.8 - Gold
The Netherlands Cornelis Broekman 17:10.6 - Silver
Sweden Carl-Erik Asplund 17:16.6 - Bronze
St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1948
Men's 1500m
Norway Sverre Farstadt 2:17.6 - Gold
Sweden Ake Seyffarth 2:18.1 - Silver
Norway Odd Lundberg 2:18.9 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Reidar Liaklev 8:29.4 - Gold
Norway Odd Lundberg 8:32.7 - Silver
Sweden Göte Hedlund 8:34.8 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Sweden Ake Seyffarth 17:26.3 - Gold
Finland Lauri Parkkinen 17:36.0 - Silver
Finland Pentti Lammio 17:42.7 - Bronze
The 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics, planned for Sapporo, Japan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where canceled due to this little thing called World War II.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 1936
Men's 1500m
Norway Charles Mathisen 2:19.2 - Gold
Norway Ivar Ballangrud 2:20.2 - Silver
Finland Birger Vasenius 2:20.9 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Ivar Ballangrud 8:19.6 - Gold
Finland Birger Vasenius 8:23.3 - Silver
Finland Antero Ojala 8:30.1 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Norway Ivar Ballangrud 17:24.3 - Gold
Finland Birger Wasenius 17:28.2 - Silver
Austria Max Stiepl 17:30.0 - Bronze
Lake Placid, United States. 1932
For the 1932, Olympics, all events were run like short track.
Men's 500m
- United States John Shea 43.4 - Gold
- Norway Bernt Evensen - Silver
- Canada Alexander Hurd - Bronze
Men's 1500m
United States John Shea 2:57.5 - Gold
Canada Alexander Hurd - Silver
Canada William Logan - Bronze
Men's 5000m
United States Irving Jaffee 9:40.8 - Gold
United States Edward Murphy - Silver
Canada William Logan - Bronze
Men's 10000m
United States Irving Jaffee 19:13.6 - Gold
Norway Ivar Ballangrud - Silver
Austria Frank Stack - Bronze
St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1928
Men's 1500m
Finland Clas Thunberg 2:21.1 - Gold
Norway Bernt Evensen 2:21.9 - Silver
Norway Ivar Ballangrud 2:22.6 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Norway Ivar Ballangrud 8:50.5 - Gold
Finland Julius Skutnabb 8:59.1 - Silver
Norway Bernt Evensen 9:01.1 - Bronze
Men's 10000m was canceled due to warm weather.
Chamonix, France. 1924
Men's 1500m
Finland Clas Thunberg 2:20.8 - Gold
Norway Roald Larsen 2:22.0 - Silver
Norway Sigurd Moen 2:25.6 - Bronze
Men's 5000m
Finland Clas Thunberg 8:39.0 - Gold
Finland Julius Skutnabb 8:48.4 - Silver
Norway Roald Larsen 8:50.2 - Bronze
Men's 10000m
Finland Julius Skutnabb 18:04.8 - Gold
Finland Clas Thurnberg 18:07.8 - Silver
Norway Roald Larsen 18:12.2 - Bronze
All-Around Best (Yes, an extra medal was given for this)
Finland Clas Thunberg - Gold
Norway Roald Larsen - Silver
Finland Julius Skutnabb - Bronze