Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

5000 metres
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueSt. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
DatesFebruary 1
Competitors40 from 14 nations
Winning time8:29.4
Medalists
   Norway
   Norway
   Sweden
Speed skating
at the
1948 Winter Olympics
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 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 1, 1948.

Forty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Reidar Liaklev (NOR)  Odd Lundberg (NOR)  Göthe Hedlund (SWE)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

World Record 8:13.7(*) Sweden Åke Seyffarth Davos (SUI) February 3, 1941
Olympic Record 8:19.6 Norway Ivar Ballangrud Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) February 12, 1936

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Reidar Liaklev (NOR) 8:29.4
2  Odd Lundberg (NOR) 8:32.7
3  Göthe Hedlund (SWE) 8:34.8
4  Harry Jansson (SWE) 8:34.9
5  Jan Langedijk (NED) 8:36.2
6  Kees Broekman (NED) 8:37.3
7  Åke Seyffarth (SWE) 8:37.9
8  Pentti Lammio (FIN) 8:40.7
9  Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) 8:45.0
10  Kornél Pajor (HUN) 8:45.2
11  Johnny Cronshey (GBR) 8:45.6
12  Anton Huiskes (NED) 8:46.4
13  Iván Ruttkay (HUN) 8:46.9
14  Craig Mackay (CAN) 8:47.2
15  Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) 8:53.0
16  Rune Hammarström (SWE) 8:53.8
17  Ray Blum (USA) 8:54.4
18  Ken Henry (USA) 8:56.0
19  Henry Howes (GBR) 8:56.6
20  Aad de Koning (NED) 8:57.6
21  Louis Rupprecht (USA) 8:58.4
22  Vladimír Kolář (TCH) 8:58.9
23  Henry Heppe (NOR) 9:03.0
24  Max Stiepl (AUT) 9:05.0
25  Lee Hiyo-Chang (KOR) 9:05.4
26  Antero Ojala (FIN) 9:06.2
27  Richard Solem (USA) 9:10.4
28  Thomas Ross (GBR) 9:18.2
29  Ákos Elekfy (HUN) 9:18.6
30  Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL) 9:20.3
31  Guido Caroli (ITA) 9:21.3
32  Dennis Blundell (GBR) 9:22.2
33  Heinz Hügelshofer (SUI) 9:28.6
34  Sepp Rogger (SUI) 9:29.3
35  Gedeon Ladányi (HUN) 9:30.2
36  Enrico Musolino (ITA) 9:32.3
37  Fernando Alloni (ITA) 9:36.3
38  Lee Chang-Kook (KOR) 9:36.7
39  Alfred Altenburger (SUI) 9:40.6
 Charles Mathiesen (NOR) DNF

References

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