Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Date	17 February 1952
Competitors	35 from 13 nations
Winning time	8:10.6
Medalists
Hjalmar Andersen  Norway Kees Broekman  Netherlands Sverre Haugli  Norway

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
500 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 17, 1952, at 4 p.m.

Thirty-five speed skaters from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hjalmar Andersen (NOR)	Kees Broekman (NED)	Sverre Haugli (NOR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	8:07.3(*)	Hjalmar Andersen	Trondheim (NOR)	January 13, 1951
	8:03.7(**)	Nikolay Mamonov	Medeo (URS)	January 23, 1952
Olympic Record	8:19.6	Ivar Ballangrud	Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)	February 12, 1936

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

(**) This record was not recognized before the 1955 ISU Congress. It was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 8:10.6 minutes.

Results

Nikolay Mamonov who set a faster time than the standing world record (later recognized as world record) did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

Place	Speed skater	Time
1	Hjalmar Andersen (NOR)	8:10.6 OR
2	Kees Broekman (NED)	8:21.6
3	Sverre Haugli (NOR)	8:22.4
4	Anton Huiskes (NED)	8:28.5
5	Wim van der Voort (NED)	8:30.6
6	Carl-Erik Asplund (SWE)	8:30.7
7	Pentti Lammio (FIN)	8:31.9
8	Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT)	8:36.3
9	Wiggo Hanssen (NOR)	8:37.2
10	Yoshiyasu Gomi (JPN)	8:38.6
11	Göthe Hedlund (SWE)	8:39.2
12	Matti Tuomi (FIN)	8:40.0
13	Kauko Salomaa (FIN)	8:40.1
14	Sigvard Ericsson (SWE)	8:40.8
15	Kazuhiko Sugawara (JPN)	8:44.4
16	Norman Holwell (GBR)	8:44.5
17	John Hearn (GBR)	8:47.0
18	John Wickström (SWE)	8:47.2
19	Egbert van 't Oever (NED)	8:47.6
20	Yngvar Karlsen (NOR)	8:48.2
21	Ferenc Lőrincz (HUN)	8:51.2
22	Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)	8:52.4
23	Craig MacKay (CAN)	8:52.5
24	Pat McNamara (USA)	8:53.4
25	Ralf Olin (CAN)	8:54.2
26	József Merényi (HUN)	8:56.6
27	Theo Meding (GER)	8:57.4
28	Colin Hickey (AUS)	8:57.6
29	Ken Henry (USA)	8:59.9
30	Franz Offenberger (AUT)	9:03.0
31	Bill Jones (GBR)	9:03.7
32	Konrad Pecher (AUT)	9:04.9
33	Chuck Burke (USA)	9:06.4
34	Al Broadhurst (USA)	9:09.2
35	Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL)	9:34.4

References

• Official Olympic Report
• sports-reference
• "Results of the 1952 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.