Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the V Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Date | 1 February 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:29.4 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 1 February 1948. Forty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 Reidar Liaklev (NOR)
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Odd Lundberg (NOR)
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 Göthe Hedlund (SWE)
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Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 8:13.7(*) |  Åke Seyffarth
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Davos (SUI) | 3 February 1941 |
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| Olympic Record | 8:19.6 |  Ivar Ballangrud
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) | 12 February 1936 |
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results
References
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1948 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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