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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
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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
← 1936
1952 →

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 1 February 1948. Forty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

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

Records

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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) 3 February 1941
Olympic Record 8:19.6 Norway Ivar Ballangrud Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) 12 February 1936

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

Results

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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  Tommy 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

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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