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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Venue | Riessersee | ||||||||||||
Date | 12 February 1936 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:19.6 OR | ||||||||||||
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The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, 12 February 1936. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 16 nations competed.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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(*) | Ivar Ballangrud | Oslo (NOR) | 18 January 1936 |
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Olympic Record | 8:39.0 | Clas Thunberg | Chamonix (FRA) | 26 January 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
Place | Athlete | Time |
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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
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.