Speed Skating
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
1932 Winter Olympics (Men)
- 500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
- 1500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
- 5000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
- 10000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
1932 Winter Olympics (Women)
- Women's speed skating is held as a demonstration event only with competitions over 500m, 1000m and 1500m.
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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)
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