Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesFebruary 11
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Winning time7:24.48
Medalists
 Sten Stensen  Norway
 Piet Kleine  Netherlands
 Hans van Helden  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1976 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1]

Records

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

World record  Hans van Helden (NED) 7:07.82 Davos, Switzerland 30 January 1976
Olympic record  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) 7:22.4 Grenoble, France 15 February 1968

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st Sten Stensen Norway 7:24.48
2nd Piet Kleine Netherlands 7:26.47
3rd Hans van Helden Netherlands 7:26.54
4 Viktor Varlamov Soviet Union 7:30.97
5 Klaus Wunderlich East Germany 7:33.82
6 Dan Carroll United States 7:36.46
7 Vladimir Ivanov Soviet Union 7:37.73
8 Örjan Sandler Sweden 7:39.69
9 Jan Egil Storholt Norway 7:40.60
10 Colin Coates Australia 7:41.96
11 Lee Yeong-Ha South Korea 7:44.21
12 Mike Woods United States 7:48.08
13 Amund Sjøbrend Norway 7:48.28
14 Sergey Marchuk Soviet Union 7:51.37
15 Herbert Schwarz West Germany 7:52.26
16 Lennart Carlsson Sweden 7:53.02
17 Franz Krienbühl Switzerland 7:53.11
18 Manfred Winter East Germany 7:58.28
19 Eric Heiden United States 7:59.00
20 Olavi Köppä Finland 7:59.52
21 Maurizio Marchetto Italy 8:04.07
22 Masahiko Yamamoto Japan 8:06.97
23 Andy Barron Canada 8:10.00
24 Masayuki Kawahara Japan 8:10.08
25 Dan Johansson Sweden 8:12.37
26 Geoff Sandys Great Britain 8:13.03
27 Ludwig Kronfuß Austria 8:19.72
28 Ivano Bamberghi Italy 8:21.04
29 Hubert Gundolf Austria 8:29.34
30 Gilbert Van Eesbeeck Belgium 8:29.78
31 Loris Vellar Italy 8:31.85

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. 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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