Speed Skating
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Odd Lundberg (Norway)
- Women's All-round Champion – Maria Isakova (USSR)
1948 Winter Olympics (Men)
- 500m – gold medal: Finn Helgesen (Norway)
- 1500m – gold medal: Sverre Farstad (Norway)
- 5000m – gold medal: Reidar Liaklev (Norway)
- 10000m – gold medal: Åke Seyffarth (Sweden)
1948 Winter Olympics (Women)
- not contested
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