Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 February 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7:51.3 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Thursday, February 25, 1960. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed.[1]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 Viktor Kosichkin (URS)
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 Knut Johannesen (NOR)
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 Jan Pesman (NED)
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Records[edit]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 7:45.6(*) |  Boris Shilkov
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Medeo (URS) | January 9, 1955 |
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| Olympic Record | 7:48.7(*) | Boris Shilkov
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Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) | January 29, 1956 |
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
External links[edit]
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1960 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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