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
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
DatesFebruary 15
Competitors38 from 17 nations
Winning time7:22.4
Medalists
   Norway
   Netherlands
   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
1st Fred Anton Maier Norway 7:22.4 WR
2nd Kees Verkerk Netherlands 7:23.2
3rd 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. 1 2 "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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