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Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueSt. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date1 February 1948
Competitors40 from 14 nations
Winning time8:29.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Reidar Liaklev  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Odd Lundberg  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Göthe Hedlund  Sweden
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Speed skating at the
1948 Winter Olympics
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The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 1, 1948.

Forty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Reidar Liaklev (NOR)  Odd Lundberg (NOR)  Göthe Hedlund (SWE)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

World Record 8:13.7(*) Sweden Åke Seyffarth Davos (SUI) February 3, 1941
Olympic Record 8:19.6 Norway Ivar Ballangrud Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) February 12, 1936

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

Place Athlete Time
1  Reidar Liaklev (NOR) 8:29.4
2  Odd Lundberg (NOR) 8:32.7
3  Göthe Hedlund (SWE) 8:34.8
4  Harry Jansson (SWE) 8:34.9
5  Jan Langedijk (NED) 8:36.2
6  Kees Broekman (NED) 8:37.3
7  Åke Seyffarth (SWE) 8:37.9
8  Pentti Lammio (FIN) 8:40.7
9  Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) 8:45.0
10  Kornél Pajor (HUN) 8:45.2
11  Johnny Cronshey (GBR) 8:45.6
12  Anton Huiskes (NED) 8:46.4
13  Iván Ruttkay (HUN) 8:46.9
14  Craig Mackay (CAN) 8:47.2
15  Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) 8:53.0
16  Rune Hammarström (SWE) 8:53.8
17  Ray Blum (USA) 8:54.4
18  Ken Henry (USA) 8:56.0
19  Henry Howes (GBR) 8:56.6
20  Aad de Koning (NED) 8:57.6
21  Louis Rupprecht (USA) 8:58.4
22  Vladimír Kolář (TCH) 8:58.9
23  Henry Heppe (NOR) 9:03.0
24  Max Stiepl (AUT) 9:05.0
25  Lee Hiyo-Chang (KOR) 9:05.4
26  Antero Ojala (FIN) 9:06.2
27  Richard Solem (USA) 9:10.4
28  Thomas Ross (GBR) 9:18.2
29  Ákos Elekfy (HUN) 9:18.6
30  Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL) 9:20.3
31  Guido Caroli (ITA) 9:21.3
32  Dennis Blundell (GBR) 9:22.2
33  Heinz Hügelshofer (SUI) 9:28.6
34  Sepp Rogger (SUI) 9:29.3
35  Gedeon Ladányi (HUN) 9:30.2
36  Enrico Musolino (ITA) 9:32.3
37  Fernando Alloni (ITA) 9:36.3
38  Lee Chang-Kook (KOR) 9:36.7
39  Alfred Altenburger (SUI) 9:40.6
–  Charles Mathiesen (NOR) DNF

References

  • Official Olympic Report
  • "Results of the 1948 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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