Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| 5000 metres at the III Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 4 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 9:40.8 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, February 4, 1932.
Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed.
Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time. This was the common style in North America and gave the runners from the United States and Canada a major advantage over the European rivals.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Irving Jaffee United States
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Eddie Murphy United States
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Willy Logan Canada
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Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 8:21.6(*) |  Ivar Ballangrud
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Davos (SUI) | January 11, 1930 |
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| Olympic Record | 8:39.0 |  Clas Thunberg
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Chamonix (FRA) | January 26, 1924 |
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results
First round
Heat 1
| Place | Name | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 |  Irving Jaffee (USA) |
9:52.0 | Q |
| 2 | Eddie Murphy (USA) |
Q | |
| 3 |  Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) |
Q | |
| 4 |  Harry Smyth (CAN) |
Q | |
| 5 |  Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) |
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| – | Alexander Hurd (CAN) |
DNF | |
 Shozo Ishihara (JPN) |
DNF | ||
| Michael Staksrud (NOR) |
DNF | ||
| Tomeju Uruma (JPN) |
DNF |
Heat 2
| Place | Name | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernt Evensen (NOR) |
10:01.4 | Q |
| 2 | Herbert Taylor (USA) |
Q | |
| 3 | Willy Logan (CAN) |
Q | |
| 4 | Frank Stack (CAN) |
Q | |
| 5 | Erling Lindboe (NOR) |
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| 6 | Carl Springer (USA) |
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| – | Yasuo Kawamura (JPN) |
DNF | |
| Tokuo Kitani (JPN) |
DNF | ||
 Ingvar Lindberg (SWE) |
DNF |
Final
| Place | Name | Time |
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| 1 | Irving Jaffee (USA) |
9:40.8 |
| 2 | Eddie Murphy (USA) |
2 m behind |
| 3 | Willy Logan (CAN) |
4 m behind |
| 4 | Herbert Taylor (USA) |
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| 5 | Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) |
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| 6 | Bernt Evensen (NOR) |
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| 7 | Frank Stack (CAN) |
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| 8 | Harry Smyth (CAN) |
References
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1932 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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