Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
Dates11 February
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Winning time7:24.48
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sten Stensen
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Piet Kleine
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans van Helden
 Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1976 Winter Olympics
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The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record Hans van Helden (NED)7:07.82 Davos, Switzerland30 January 1976
Olympic record Fred Anton Maier (NOR)7:22.4 Grenoble, France15 February 1968

Results

[1]

RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behind
1st place, gold medalist(s)3iSten Stensen Norway7:24.48-
2nd place, silver medalist(s)9iPiet Kleine Netherlands7:26.47+1.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2iHans van Helden Netherlands7:26.54+2.06
43oViktor Varlamov Soviet Union7:30.97+6.49
54iKlaus Wunderlich East Germany7:33.82+9.34
613oDan Carroll United States7:36.46+11.98
79oVladimir Ivanov Soviet Union7:37.73+13.25
81iÖrjan Sandler Sweden7:39.69+15.21
913iJan Egil Storholt Norway7:40.60+16.12
106oColin Coates Australia7:41.96+17.48
117oLee Yeong-Ha South Korea7:44.21+19.73
125oMike Woods United States7:48.08+23.60
1316iAmund Sjøbrend Norway7:48.28+23.80
1415iSergey Marchuk Soviet Union7:51.37+26.98
152oHerbert Schwarz West Germany7:52.26+27.78
1611iLennart Carlsson Sweden7:53.02+28.54
178oFranz Krienbühl Switzerland7:53.11+28.63
188iManfred Winter East Germany7:58.28+33.60
1915oEric Heiden United States7:59.00+34.52
205iOlavi Köppä Finland7:59.52+35.04
211oMaurizio Marchetto Italy8:04.07+39.59
2211oMasahiko Yamamoto Japan8:06.97+42.49
2310oAndy Barron Canada8:10.00+45.52
246oMasayuki Kawahara Japan8:10.08+46.60
2516oDan Johansson Sweden8:12.37+47.89
267iGeoff Sandys Great Britain8:13.03+48.55
274oLudwig Kronfuß Austria8:19.72+55.24
2812oIvano Bamberghi Italy8:21.04+56.56
2912iHubert Gundolf Austria8:29.34+1:04.86
3010iGilbert Van Eesbeeck Belgium8:29.78+1:05.30
3114iLoris Vellar Italy8:31.85+1:07.37

References
  1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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