Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 5000 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 4 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 14 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:23.61 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | women | |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Ard Schenk (NED) | 7:12.0 | Inzell, West Germany | 13 March 1971 |
Olympic record | Fred Anton Maier (NOR) | 7:22.4 | Grenoble, France | 15 February 1968 |
Results
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 7:23.61 | |
Roar Grønvold | Norway | 7:28.18 | |
Sten Stensen | Norway | 7:33.39 | |
4 | Göran Claeson | Sweden | 7:36.17 |
5 | Willy Olsen | Norway | 7:36.47 |
6 | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 7:39.17 |
7 | Valery Lavrushkin | Soviet Union | 7:39.26 |
8 | Jan Bols | Netherlands | 7:39.40 |
9 | Gerd Zimmermann | West Germany | 7:41.16 |
10 | Dan Carroll | United States | 7:44.72 |
11 | Kimmo Koskinen | Finland | 7:45.15 |
12 | Johnny Höglin | Sweden | 7:45.68 |
13 | Kiyomi Ito | Japan | 7:45.96 |
14 | Örjan Sandler | Sweden | 7:47.92 |
15 | Giancarlo Gloder | Italy | 7:55.77 |
16 | Osamu Naito | Japan | 7:56.97 |
17 | Bruno Toniolli | Italy | 7:57.30 |
18 | Jouko Salakka | Finland | 7:57.42 |
19 | Kevin Sirois | Canada | 8:02.66 |
20 | Charles Gilmore | United States | 8:03.04 |
21 | Clark King | United States | 8:07.20 |
22 | David Hampton | Great Britain | 8:07.85 |
23 | Colin Coates | Australia | 8:09.35 |
24 | Richard Tourne | France | 8:11.52 |
25 | Andy Barron | Canada | 8:11.84 |
26 | John Blewitt | Great Britain | 8:16.75 |
27 | Herbert Schwarz | West Germany | 8:26.03 |
28 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend | Mongolia | 8:30.47 |
References
- ^ "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating | |
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