Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueRiessersee
Date12 February 1936
Competitors37 from 16 nations
Winning time8:19.6 OR
Medalists
Ivar Ballangrud  Norway
Birger Wasenius  Finland
Antero Ojala  Finland

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
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
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

PlaceAthleteTime
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

  1. "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.
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