Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | February 4 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:23.61 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1972 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 men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]
| 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
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mongolia | 8:30.47 |
References
- 1 2 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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