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

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Men's 5000 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
Dates4 February
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Winning time7:23.61
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ard Schenk
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roar Grønvold
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sten Stensen
 Norway
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Speed skating at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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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[edit]

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[edit]

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ard Schenk  Netherlands 7:23.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roar Grønvold  Norway 7:28.18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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.
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