 at the 1956 winter olympics, four speed skating events were contested. the competitions were held from saturday, 28 january, to tuesday, 31 january 1956. ==medal summary== {|  |- | 500 metres |  |  |  |- | 1500 metres |  | |  |- | 5000 metres |  |  |  |- | 10000 metres |  |  |  |} ==participating nations==  ==medal table== {|  |- | 1 ||align=left|  || 4 || 1 || 2 || 7 |- | 2 ||align=left|  || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 |- | 3 ||align=left|  || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 4 ||align=left|  || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- bgcolor=lightgray | || || || || || |- !colspan=2| total || 5 || 3 || 4 || 12 |} ==references== *international olympic committee results database *   
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