Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Riessersee
Date 12 February 1936
Competitors 37 from 16 nations
Winning time 8:19.6 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ivar Ballangrud  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Birger Wasenius  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Antero Ojala  Finland

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936.

Thirty-seven speed skaters from 16 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway		 Birger Wasenius
 Finland		 Antero Ojala
 Finland

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record 8:17.2(*) Norway Ivar Ballangrud Oslo (NOR) January 18, 1936
Olympic Record 8:39.0 Finland Clas Thunberg Chamonix (FRA) January 26, 1924

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

Nine speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 8:19.6 seconds.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)8:19.6
2 Birger Wasenius (FIN)8:23.3
3 Antero Ojala (FIN)8:30.1
4 Jan Langedijk (NED)8:32.0
5 Max Stiepl (AUT)8:35.0
6 Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)8:36.6
7 Charles Mathiesen (NOR)8:36.9
8 Karl Wazulek (AUT)8:38.4
9 Michael Staksrud (NOR)8:38.5
10 Dolf van der Scheer (NED)8:43.3
11 Robert Petersen (USA)8:46.5
12 Janusz Kalbarczyk (POL)8:47.7
13 Roelof Koops (NED)8:48.5
 Heinz Sames (GER)8:48.5
15 Eddie Schroeder (USA)8:49.1
16 Lou Dijkstra (NED)8:51.5
17 László Hidvéghy (HUN)8:53.2
18 Alfons Bērziņš (LAT)8:53.4
19 Wilhelm Löwinger (AUT)8:53.9
20 Edward Wangberg (NOR)8:54.7
21 Seien Kin (JPN)8:55.9
22 Åke Ekman (FIN)9:00.4
 Aleksander Mitt (EST)9:00.4
24 Karl Prochaska (AUT)9:02.6
25 Thomas White (CAN)9:04.5
26 Axel Johansson (SWE)9:06.4
27 Yushoku Cho (JPN)9:08.7
 Seitoku Ri (JPN)9:08.7
29 Arvīds Lejnieks (LAT)9:11.9
30 Jānis Andriksons (LAT)9:15.0
31 Kunio Nando (JPN)9:20.1
32 Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH)9:25.8
33 Kenneth Kennedy (AUS)9:48.9
34 Oldřich Hanč (TCH)10:03.0
35 James Graeffe (BEL)10:52.6
– Charles De Ligne (BEL)DNF
 Willy Sandner (GER)DNF

References

  • Official Olympic Report
  • "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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