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

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]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
Date15 February 1968
Competitors38 from 17 nations
Winning time7:22.4 WR
Medalists
Fred Anton Maier  Norway
Kees Verkerk  Netherlands
Peter Nottet  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1968 Winter Olympics
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Records

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

World record Fred Anton Maier (NOR)7:26.2Deventer, Netherlands7 January 1968
Olympic record Knut Johannesen (NOR)7:38.4Innsbruck, Austria5 February 1964

The following new world record was set.

DateAthleteTimeORWR
15 February Fred Anton Maier (NOR)7:22.4ORWR

Results

[1]

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Fred Anton Maier Norway7:22.4WR
Kees Verkerk Netherlands7:23.2
Peter Nottet Netherlands7:25.5
4Per Willy Guttormsen Norway7:27.8
5Johnny Höglin Sweden7:32.7
6Örjan Sandler Sweden7:32.8
7Jonny Nilsson Sweden7:32.9
8Jan Bols Netherlands7:33.1
9Kimmo Koskinen Finland7:35.9
10Valery Lavrushkin Soviet Union7:37.9
11Stanislav Selyanin Soviet Union7:38.5
12Svein-Erik Stiansen Norway7:39.6
13Günter Traub West Germany7:40.4
14Anatoly Mashkov Soviet Union7:41.9
15Jouko Launonen Finland7:46.5
16Hermann Strutz Austria7:53.3
17Raimo Hietala Finland7:54.0
18Giancarlo Gloder Italy7:54.5
19Paul Enock Canada7:54.8
20Jürgen Traub West Germany7:55.3
21Yoshiaki Demachi Japan7:55.6
22Tadao Ishihata Japan7:55.8
23Guido Gillarduzzi Italy7:57.4
24Bill Lanigan United States7:57.7
25Bill Cox United States7:58.1
26Renato De Riva Italy7:58.2
27John Blewitt Great Britain7:59.8
28Wayne LeBombard United States8:03.8
29Bob Hodges Canada8:05.0
30Michel Thépénier France8:06.2
31György Ivánkai Hungary8:07.5
François Perrenoud France8:07.5
33Mutsuhiko Maeda Japan8:08.3
34Franz Krienbühl Switzerland8:08.9
35Ruedi Uster Switzerland8:12.2
36Luvsansharavyn Tsend Mongolia8:15.8
37Erich Korbel Austria8:20.8
38Lee Ik-Hwan South Korea8:28.2

References
  1. "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.
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