Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the II Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
The race between Carlson (left) and Mayke (right).
Venue St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date 13 February 1928
Competitors 33 from 14 nations
Winning time 8:50.5
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ivar Ballangrud  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bernt Evensen  Norway

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, February 13, 1928.

Thirty-three speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway		 Julius Skutnabb
 Finland		 Bernt Evensen
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record 8:26.5(*) Norway Harald Strøm Kristiania (NOR) February 18, 1922
Olympic Record 8:39.0 Finland Clas Thunberg Chamonix (FRA) January 26, 1924

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

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)8:50.5
2 Julius Skutnabb (FIN)8:59.1
3 Bernt Evensen (NOR)9:01.1
4 Irving Jaffee (USA)9:01.3
5 Armand Carlsen (NOR)9:01.5
6 Valentine Bialas (USA)9:06.3
7 Michael Staksrud (NOR)9:07.3
8 Otto Polacsek (AUT)9:08.9
9 Gustaf Andersson (SWE)9:09.7
10 Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)9:09.9
11 Siem Heiden (NED)9:10.0
12 Clas Thunberg (FIN)9:11.8
13 Bertel Backman (FIN)9:14.0
14 Eddie Murphy (USA)9:19.5
15 Alberts Rumba (LAT)9:19.7
16 Fritz Jungblut (GER)9:26.7
17 John Farrell (USA)9:29.2
18 Léonhard Quaglia (FRA)9:33.3
19 Wim Kos (NED)9:34.2
20 Zoltán Eötvös (HUN)9:34.4
21 Alexander Mitt (EST)9:35.2
22 Ross Robinson (CAN)9:38.9
23 Cyril Horn (GBR)9:45.0
24 Christfried Burmeister (EST)9:46.2
25 Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)9:49.8
26 Rudolf Riedl (AUT)9:53.5
27 Fritz Moser (AUT)9:57.8
28 Arthur Vollstedt (GER)9:58.5
29 Willy Logan (CAN)10:10.3
30 Charles Thaon (FRA)10:18.8
31 Leonard Stewart (GBR)10:40.0
32 Frederick Dix (GBR)10:55.6
– Erhard Mayke (GER)DNF

References

  • Official Olympic Report
  • "Results of the 1928 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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