Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| 5000 metres at the IV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Riessersee | |||||||||
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| Dates | February 12 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:19.6 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936.
Thirty-seven speed skaters from 16 nations competed.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Ivar Ballangrud Norway |
Birger Wasenius Finland |
Antero Ojala Finland |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 8:17.2(*) | Ivar Ballangrud |
Oslo (NOR) | January 18, 1936 |
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| Olympic Record | 8:39.0 | Clas Thunberg |
Chamonix (FRA) | January 26, 1924 |
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
Nine speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 8:19.6 seconds.
Results
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) | 8:19.6 |
| 2 | Birger Wasenius (FIN) | 8:23.3 |
| 3 | Antero Ojala (FIN) | 8:30.1 |
| 4 |  Jan Langedijk (NED) | 8:32.0 |
| 5 |  Max Stiepl (AUT) | 8:35.0 |
| 6 | Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) | 8:36.6 |
| 7 | Charles Mathiesen (NOR) | 8:36.9 |
| 8 | Karl Wazulek (AUT) | 8:38.4 |
| 9 | Michael Staksrud (NOR) | 8:38.5 |
| 10 | Dolf van der Scheer (NED) | 8:43.3 |
| 11 |  Robert Petersen (USA) | 8:46.5 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Janusz Kalbarczyk (POL) | 8:47.7 |
| 13 | Roelof Koops (NED) | 8:48.5 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Heinz Sames (GER) | 8:48.5 | |
| 15 | Eddie Schroeder (USA) | 8:49.1 |
| 16 | Lou Dijkstra (NED) | 8:51.5 |
| 17 | .svg.png){kind=small} László Hidvéghy (HUN) | 8:53.2 |
| 18 |  Alfons Bērziņš (LAT) | 8:53.4 |
| 19 | Wilhelm Löwinger (AUT) | 8:53.9 |
| 20 | Edward Wangberg (NOR) | 8:54.7 |
| 21 | .svg.png){kind=small} Seien Kin (JPN) | 8:55.9 |
| 22 | Åke Ekman (FIN) | 9:00.4 |
 Aleksander Mitt (EST) | 9:00.4 | |
| 24 | Karl Prochaska (AUT) | 9:02.6 |
| 25 |  Thomas White (CAN) | 9:04.5 |
| 26 |  Axel Johansson (SWE) | 9:06.4 |
| 27 | Yushoku Cho (JPN) | 9:08.7 |
| Seitoku Ri (JPN) | 9:08.7 | |
| 29 | Arvīds Lejnieks (LAT) | 9:11.9 |
| 30 | Jānis Andriksons (LAT) | 9:15.0 |
| 31 | Kunio Nando (JPN) | 9:20.1 |
| 32 |  Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH) | 9:25.8 |
| 33 |  Kenneth Kennedy (AUS) | 9:48.9 |
| 34 | Oldřich Hanč (TCH) | 10:03.0 |
| 35 | .svg.png){kind=small} James Graeffe (BEL) | 10:52.6 |
| – | Charles De Ligne (BEL) | DNF |
| Willy Sandner (GER) | DNF |
References
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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