Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres


The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 17 February 1952, at 4p.m. Thirty-five speed skaters from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.
World Record8:07.3' Hjalmar AndersenTrondheim 13 January 1951
World Record8:03.7' Nikolay MamonovMedeo 23 January 1952
Olympic Record8:19.6 Ivar BallangrudGarmisch-Partenkirchen 12 February 1936

' The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
' This record was not recognized before the 1955 ISU Congress. It was set in a high altitude venue and on naturally frozen ice.
Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 8:10.6 minutes.

Results

who set a faster time than the standing world record did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.
PlaceSpeed skaterTime
18:10.6 OR
28:21.6
38:22.4
48:28.5
58:30.6
68:30.7
78:31.9
88:36.3
98:37.2
108:38.6
118:39.2
128:40.0
138:40.1
148:40.8
158:44.4
168:44.5
178:47.0
188:47.2
198:47.6
208:48.2
218:51.2
228:52.4
238:52.5
248:53.4
258:54.2
268:56.6
278:57.4
288:57.6
298:59.9
309:03.0
319:03.7
329:04.9
339:06.4
349:09.2
359:34.4