Speed Skating
Events
- Inaugural World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women is held in Stockholm
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
- Women's All-round Champion – Kit Klein (USA)
1936 Winter Olympics (Men)
- 500m – gold medal: Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
- 1500m – gold medal: Charles Mathiesen (Norway)
- 5000m – gold medal: Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
- 10000m – gold medal: Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
1936 Winter Olympics (Women)
- not contested
Read more about this topic: 1936 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the words speed and/or skating:
“Wait, Kate! You skate at such a rate
You leave behind your skating mate.
Your splendid speed won’t you abate?
He’s lagging far behind you, Kate.”
—David Daiches (b. 1912)
“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)