Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, January 26, 1924. Thirty-one speed skaters from thirteen nations were due to compete, but nine athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed. The Canadian athlete Charles Gorman abandoned the race after the first round.

Medalists

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

The following records were set during this competition. Date Round Athlete Country Time Record 26 January 1924 Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia 9:08.6 OR, 26 January 1924 Pair 6 Fridtjof Paulsen 8:59.0 OR 26 January 1924 Pair 8 Harald Strøm 8:54.6 OR 26 January 1924 Pair 14 Julius Skutnabb 8:48.4 OR 26 January 1924 Pair 15 Clas Thunberg 8:39.0 OR

Results

The event was held Saturday afternoon.

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes 15 8:39.0 OR 14 8:48.0 OR 19 8:50.2 20 8:51.0 8 8:54.6 OR 14 8:55.0 6 8:59.0 OR 9 9:05.6 3 9:08.6 OR, 12 9:12.8 15 9:14.4 20 9:14.6 8 9:27.0 18 9:35.0 6 9:48.8 19 10:05.6 9 10:13.8 18 10:15.2 17 10:39.8 +120.8 17 11:01.0 +142.0 12 11:30.4 +171.4 3 1 2 4 5 7 10 Alexander Spengler 11 13 Cesare Locatelli 16

Notes

References

External links Official Olympic Report

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