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 |
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]