Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the I Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 January 1924 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:39.0 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| All-round | men |
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. Twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed.[1]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Clas Thunberg Finland
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Julius Skutnabb Finland
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Roald Larsen Norway
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Records[]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 8:26.5(*) | Harald Strøm
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Kristiania (NOR) | February 18, 1922 |
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| Olympic Record | - |
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
Results[]
| Place | Athlete | Time |
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| 1 |  Clas Thunberg (FIN) |
8:39.0 |
| 2 | Julius Skutnabb (FIN) |
8:48.4 |
| 3 |  Roald Larsen (NOR) |
8:50.2 |
| 4 | Sigurd Moen (NOR) |
8:51.0 |
| 5 | Harald Strøm (NOR) |
8:54.6 |
| 6 |  Valentine Bialas (USA) |
8:55.0 |
| 7 | Fridtjof Paulsen (NOR) |
8:59.0 |
| 8 | Richard Donovan (USA) |
9:05.6 |
| 9 |  Léonhard Quaglia (FRA) |
9:08.6 |
| 10 | Asser Wallenius (FIN) |
9:12.8 |
| 11 |  Alberts Rumba (LAT) |
9:14.4 |
| 12 |  Eric Blomgren (SWE) |
9:14.6 |
| 13 | Charles Jewtraw (USA) |
9:27.0 |
| 14 | Bill Steinmetz (USA) |
9:35.0 |
| 15 | Axel Blomqvist (SWE) |
9:48.8 |
| 16 |  Leon Jucewicz (POL) |
10:05.6 |
| 17 |  Gaston Van Hazebroeck (BEL) |
10:13.8 |
| 18 | André Gegout (FRA) |
10:15.2 |
| 19 | George de Wilde (FRA) |
10:39.8 |
| 20 |  Albert Tebbit (GBR) |
11:01.0 |
| 21 | Marcel Moens (BEL) |
11:30.4 |
| – |  Charles Gorman (CAN) |
DNF |
References[]
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
External links[]
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1924 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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- Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics