Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	4 February
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Winning time	7:23.61
Medalists
Ard Schenk  Netherlands Roar Grønvold  Norway Sten Stensen  Norway

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.^[1][2]

Records

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

World record	Ard Schenk (NED)	7:12.0	Inzell, West Germany	13 March 1971
Olympic record	Fred Anton Maier (NOR)	7:22.4	Grenoble, France	15 February 1968

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	7:23.61
	Roar Grønvold	Norway	7:28.18
	Sten Stensen	Norway	7:33.39
4	Göran Claeson	Sweden	7:36.17
5	Willy Olsen	Norway	7:36.47
6	Kees Verkerk	Netherlands	7:39.17
7	Valery Lavrushkin	Soviet Union	7:39.26
8	Jan Bols	Netherlands	7:39.40
9	Gerd Zimmermann	West Germany	7:41.16
10	Dan Carroll	United States	7:44.72
11	Kimmo Koskinen	Finland	7:45.15
12	Johnny Höglin	Sweden	7:45.68
13	Kiyomi Ito	Japan	7:45.96
14	Örjan Sandler	Sweden	7:47.92
15	Giancarlo Gloder	Italy	7:55.77
16	Osamu Naito	Japan	7:56.97
17	Bruno Toniolli	Italy	7:57.30
18	Jouko Salakka	Finland	7:57.42
19	Kevin Sirois	Canada	8:02.66
20	Charles Gilmore	United States	8:03.04
21	Clark King	United States	8:07.20
22	David Hampton	Great Britain	8:07.85
23	Colin Coates	Australia	8:09.35
24	Richard Tourne	France	8:11.52
25	Andy Barron	Canada	8:11.84
26	John Blewitt	Great Britain	8:16.75
27	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	8:26.03
28	Luvsansharavyn Tsend	Mongolia	8:30.47

References

1. "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 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.