Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Date 26 January 1924
Competitors 22 from 10 nations
Winning time 8:39.0 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway

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		 Julius Skutnabb
 Finland		 Roald Larsen
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World Record 8:26.5(*) Norway Harald Strøm Kristiania (NOR) February 18, 1922
Olympic Record -

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
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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