The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world record was set.
Date Athlete Time OR WR 15 February 7:22.4 OR WR
Results
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Fred Anton Maier 7:22.4 WR Kees Verkerk 7:23.2 Peter Nottet 7:25.5 4 Per Willy Guttormsen 7:27.8 5 Johnny Höglin 7:32.7 6 Örjan Sandler 7:32.8 7 Jonny Nilsson 7:32.9 8 Jan Bols 7:33.1 9 Kimmo Koskinen 7:35.9 10 Valery Lavrushkin 7:37.9 11 Stanislav Selyanin 7:38.5 12 Svein-Erik Stiansen 7:39.6 13 Günter Traub 7:40.4 14 Anatoly Mashkov 7:41.9 15 Jouko Launonen 7:46.5 16 Hermann Strutz 7:53.3 17 Raimo Hietala 7:54.0 18 Giancarlo Gloder 7:54.5 19 Paul Enock 7:54.8 20 Jürgen Traub 7:55.3 21 Yoshiaki Demachi 7:55.6 22 Tadao Ishihata 7:55.8 23 Guido Gillarduzzi 7:57.4 24 Bill Lanigan 7:57.7 25 Bill Cox 7:58.1 26 Renato De Riva 7:58.2 27 John Blewitt 7:59.8 28 Wayne LeBombard 8:03.8 29 Bob Hodges 8:05.0 30 Michel Thépénier 8:06.2 31 György Ivánkai 8:07.5 François Perrenoud 8:07.5 33 Mutsuhiko Maeda 8:08.3 34 Franz Krienbühl 8:08.9 35 Ruedi Uster 8:12.2 36 Luvsansharavyn Tsend 8:15.8 37 Erich Korbel 8:20.8 38 Lee Ik-Hwan 8:28.2
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