The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1][2]
| Men's 5000 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 4 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:23.61 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Ard Schenk (NED) |
7:12.0 | Inzell, West Germany | 13 March 1971 |
| Olympic record |  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) |
7:22.4 | Grenoble, France | 15 February 1968 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ard Schenk |  Netherlands |
7:23.61 |
 |
Roar Grønvold | Norway |
7:28.18 |
 |
Sten Stensen | Norway |
7:33.39 |
| 4 | Göran Claeson |  Sweden |
7:36.17 |
| 5 | Willy Olsen | Norway |
7:36.47 |
| 6 | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands |
7:39.17 |
| 7 | Valery Lavrushkin |  Soviet Union |
7:39.26 |
| 8 | Jan Bols | Netherlands |
7:39.40 |
| 9 | Gerd Zimmermann |  West Germany |
7:41.16 |
| 10 | Dan Carroll |  United States |
7:44.72 |
| 11 | Kimmo Koskinen |  Finland |
7:45.15 |
| 12 | Johnny Höglin | Sweden |
7:45.68 |
| 13 | Kiyomi Ito |  Japan |
7:45.96 |
| 14 | Örjan Sandler | Sweden |
7:47.92 |
| 15 | Giancarlo Gloder |  Italy |
7:55.77 |
| 16 | Osamu Naito | Japan |
7:56.97 |
| 17 | Bruno Toniolli | Italy |
7:57.30 |
| 18 | Jouko Salakka | Finland |
7:57.42 |
| 19 | Kevin Sirois |  Canada |
8:02.66 |
| 20 | Charles Gilmore | United States |
8:03.04 |
| 21 | Clark King | United States |
8:07.20 |
| 22 | David Hampton |  Great Britain |
8:07.85 |
| 23 | Colin Coates |  Australia |
8:09.35 |
| 24 | Richard Tourne |  France |
8:11.52 |
| 25 | Andy Barron | Canada |
8:11.84 |
| 26 | John Blewitt | Great Britain |
8:16.75 |
| 27 | Herbert Schwarz | West Germany |
8:26.03 |
| 28 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend |  Mongolia |
8:30.47 |
References edit
- ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.