Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the X Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
Date15 February 1968
Competitors38 from 17 nations
Winning time7:22.4 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fred Anton Maier  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kees Verkerk  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Nottet  Netherlands
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The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) 7:26.2 Deventer, Netherlands 7 January 1968
Olympic record  Knut Johannesen (NOR) 7:38.4 Innsbruck, Austria 5 February 1964

The following new world record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
15 February  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) 7:22.4 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fred Anton Maier  Norway 7:22.4 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kees Verkerk  Netherlands 7:23.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Nottet  Netherlands 7:25.5
4 Per Willy Guttormsen  Norway 7:27.8
5 Johnny Höglin  Sweden 7:32.7
6 Örjan Sandler  Sweden 7:32.8
7 Jonny Nilsson  Sweden 7:32.9
8 Jan Bols  Netherlands 7:33.1
9 Kimmo Koskinen  Finland 7:35.9
10 Valery Lavrushkin  Soviet Union 7:37.9
11 Stanislav Selyanin  Soviet Union 7:38.5
12 Svein-Erik Stiansen  Norway 7:39.6
13 Günter Traub  West Germany 7:40.4
14 Anatoly Mashkov  Soviet Union 7:41.9
15 Jouko Launonen  Finland 7:46.5
16 Hermann Strutz  Austria 7:53.3
17 Raimo Hietala  Finland 7:54.0
18 Giancarlo Gloder  Italy 7:54.5
19 Paul Enock  Canada 7:54.8
20 Jürgen Traub  West Germany 7:55.3
21 Yoshiaki Demachi  Japan 7:55.6
22 Tadao Ishihata  Japan 7:55.8
23 Guido Gillarduzzi  Italy 7:57.4
24 Bill Lanigan  United States 7:57.7
25 Bill Cox  United States 7:58.1
26 Renato De Riva  Italy 7:58.2
27 John Blewitt  Great Britain 7:59.8
28 Wayne LeBombard  United States 8:03.8
29 Bob Hodges  Canada 8:05.0
30 Michel Thépénier  France 8:06.2
31 György Ivánkai  Hungary 8:07.5
François Perrenoud  France 8:07.5
33 Mutsuhiko Maeda  Japan 8:08.3
34 Franz Krienbühl  Switzerland 8:08.9
35 Ruedi Uster  Switzerland 8:12.2
36 Luvsansharavyn Tsend  Mongolia 8:15.8
37 Erich Korbel  Austria 8:20.8
38 Lee Ik-Hwan  South Korea 8:28.2

References

  1. ^ a b "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.