Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres at the X Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Dates	February 15
Competitors	38 from 17 nations
Winning time	7:22.4
Medalists
Fred Anton Maier   Norway   Kees Verkerk   Netherlands   Peter Nottet   Netherlands

Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m				women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Fred Anton Maier (NOR)	7:26.2	Deventer, Netherlands	7 January 1968
Olympic record	Knut Johannesen (NOR)	7:38.4	Innsbruck, Austria	5 February 1964

The following new world record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
15 February	Fred Anton Maier (NOR)	7:22.4	OR	WR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Fred Anton Maier	Norway	7:22.4	WR
	Kees Verkerk	Netherlands	7:23.2
	Peter Nottet	Netherlands	7:25.5
4	Per Willy Guttormsen	Norway	7:27.8
5	Johnny Höglin	Sweden	7:32.7
6	Örjan Sandler	Sweden	7:32.8
7	Jonny Nilsson	Sweden	7:32.9
8	Jan Bols	Netherlands	7:33.1
9	Kimmo Koskinen	Finland	7:35.9
10	Valery Lavrushkin	Soviet Union	7:37.9
11	Stanislav Selyanin	Soviet Union	7:38.5
12	Svein-Erik Stiansen	Norway	7:39.6
13	Günter Traub	West Germany	7:40.4
14	Anatoly Mashkov	Soviet Union	7:41.9
15	Jouko Launonen	Finland	7:46.5
16	Hermann Strutz	Austria	7:53.3
17	Raimo Hietala	Finland	7:54.0
18	Giancarlo Gloder	Italy	7:54.5
19	Paul Enock	Canada	7:54.8
20	Jürgen Traub	West Germany	7:55.3
21	Yoshiaki Demachi	Japan	7:55.6
22	Tadao Ishihata	Japan	7:55.8
23	Guido Gillarduzzi	Italy	7:57.4
24	Bill Lanigan	United States	7:57.7
25	Bill Cox	United States	7:58.1
26	Renato De Riva	Italy	7:58.2
27	John Blewitt	Great Britain	7:59.8
28	Wayne LeBombard	United States	8:03.8
29	Bob Hodges	Canada	8:05.0
30	Michel Thépénier	France	8:06.2
31	György Ivánkai	Hungary	8:07.5
31	François Perrenoud	France	8:07.5
33	Mutsuhiko Maeda	Japan	8:08.3
34	Franz Krienbühl	Switzerland	8:08.9
35	Ruedi Uster	Switzerland	8:12.2
36	Luvsansharavyn Tsend	Mongolia	8:15.8
37	Erich Korbel	Austria	8:20.8
38	Lee Ik-Hwan	South Korea	8:28.2

References

1. "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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