Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
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Venue | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | |||||||||
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Dates | January 26 | |||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:39.0 | |||||||||
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The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, January 26, 1924.
Twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Clas Thunberg Finland (FIN) |
Julius Skutnabb Finland (FIN) |
Roald Larsen Norway (NOR) |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
World Record | 8:26.5(*) | Harald Strøm | Kristiania (NOR) | February 18, 1922 |
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Olympic Record | - |
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
Results
Place | Athlete | Time |
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1 | Clas Thunberg (FIN) | 8:39.0 |
2 | Julius Skutnabb (FIN) | 8:48.4 |
3 | Roald Larsen (NOR) | 8:50.2 |
4 | Sigurd Moen (NOR) | 8:51.0 |
5 | Harald Strøm (NOR) | 8:54.6 |
6 | Valentine Bialas (USA) | 8:55.0 |
7 | Fridtjof Paulsen (NOR) | 8:59.0 |
8 | Richard Donovan (USA) | 9:05.6 |
9 | Léonhard Quaglia (FRA) | 9:08.6 |
10 | Asser Wallenius (FIN) | 9:12.8 |
11 | Alberts Rumba (LAT) | 9:14.4 |
12 | Eric Blomgren (SWE) | 9:14.6 |
13 | Charles Jewtraw (USA) | 9:27.0 |
14 | Bill Steinmetz (USA) | 9:35.0 |
15 | Axel Blomqvist (SWE) | 9:48.8 |
16 | Leon Jucewicz (POL) | 10:05.6 |
17 | Gaston Van Hazebroeck (BEL) | 10:13.8 |
18 | André Gegout (FRA) | 10:15.2 |
19 | George de Wilde (FRA) | 10:39.8 |
20 | Albert Tebbit (GBR) | 11:01.0 |
21 | Marcel Moens (BEL) | 11:30.4 |
– | Charles Gorman (CAN) | DNF |
References
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1924 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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