The men's 5000 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on March 23 at 15:00 local time.[1]
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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12 | o | Sven Kramer |  Netherlands |
6:13.87 | ||
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11 | i | Bob de Jong | Netherlands |
6:15.26 | +1.39 | |
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10 | o | Jonathan Kuck |  United States |
6:16.28 | +2.41 | |
| 4 | 12 | i | Jan Blokhuijsen | Netherlands |
6:16.82 | +2.95 | |
| 5 | 11 | o | Alexis Contin |  France |
6:21.44 | +7.57 | |
| 6 | 8 | o | Ivan Skobrev |  Russia |
6:24.05 | +10.18 | |
| 7 | 5 | i | Denis Yuskov | Russia |
6:24.74 | +10.87 | |
| 8 | 7 | i | Patrick Beckert |  Germany |
6:26.25 | +12.38 | |
| 9 | 9 | i | Moritz Geisreiter | Germany |
6:26.64 | +12.77 | |
| 10 | 9 | o | Bart Swings |  Belgium |
6:28.07 | +14.20 | |
| 11 | 8 | i | Shane Dobbin |  New Zealand |
6:28.48 | +14.61 | |
| 12 | 6 | o | Dmitry Babenko |  Kazakhstan |
6:28.82 | +14.95 | |
| 13 | 6 | i | Jordan Belchos |  Canada |
6:30.79 | +16.92 | |
| 14 | 2 | i | Jan Szymański |  Poland |
6:31.16 | +17.29 | |
| 15 | 7 | o | Alexej Baumgärtner | Germany |
6:32.11 | +18.24 | |
| 16 | 3 | o | Hiroki Hirako |  Japan |
6:32.73 | +18.86 | |
| 17 | 10 | i | Sverre Lunde Pedersen |  Norway |
6:35.10 | +21.23 | |
| 18 | 4 | i | Brian Hansen | United States |
6:37.90 | +24.03 | |
| 19 | 4 | o | Ewen Fernandez | France |
6:38.58 | +24.71 | |
| 20 | 1 | o | Roland Cieslak | Poland |
6:38.90 | +25.03 | |
| 21 | 1 | i | Mathieu Giroux | Canada |
6:42.95 | +29.08 | |
| 22 | 3 | i | Kristian Reistad Fredriksen | Norway |
6:44.96 | +31.09 | |
| 23 | 5 | o | Joo Hyung-joon |  South Korea |
6:48.67 | +34.80 | |
| 24 | 2 | o | Ferre Spruyt | Belgium |
6:50.42 | +36.65 |