Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date26 January 1924
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Winning time8:39.0 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
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The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, January 26, 1924. Thirty-one speed skaters from thirteen nations were due to compete, but nine athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed.[1] The Canadian athlete Charles Gorman abandoned the race after the first round.[2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Clas Thunberg
 Finland 		Julius Skutnabb
 Finland 		Roald Larsen
 Norway

Records[edit]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record  Harald Strøm (NOR) 8:26.5 Kristiania, Norway 17 February 1922 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
26 January 1924 Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia  France 9:08.6 OR, NR
26 January 1924 Pair 6 Fridtjof Paulsen  Norway 8:59.0 OR
26 January 1924 Pair 8 Harald Strøm  Norway 8:54.6 OR
26 January 1924 Pair 14 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 8:48.4 OR
26 January 1924 Pair 15 Clas Thunberg  Finland 8:39.0 OR

Results[edit]

The event was held Saturday afternoon.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 Clas Thunberg  Finland 8:39.0 — OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 8:48.0 +9.0 OR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 19 Roald Larsen  Norway 8:50.2 +11.2 [b]
4 20 Sigurd Moen  Norway 8:51.0 +12.0 [c]
5 8 Harald Strøm  Norway 8:54.6 +15.6 OR
6 14 Valentine Bialas  United States 8:55.0 +16.0
7 6 Fridtjof Paulsen  Norway 8:59.0 +20.0 OR
8 9 Richard Donovan  United States 9:05.6 +26.6
9 3 Léonhard Quaglia  France 9:08.6 +29.6 OR, NR
10 12 Asser Wallenius  Finland 9:12.8 +33.8
11 15 Alberts Rumba  Latvia 9:14.4 +35.4
12 20 Eric Blomgren  Sweden 9:14.6 +35.6 [d]
13 8 Charles Jewtraw  United States 9:27.0 +48.0
14 18 Bill Steinmetz  United States 9:35.0 +56.0 [e]
15 6 Axel Blomqvist  Sweden 9:48.8 +69.8
16 19 Leon Jucewicz  Poland 10:05.6 +86.6 [f]
17 9 Gaston Van Hazebroeck  Belgium 10:13.8 +94.8
18 18 André Gegout  France 10:15.2 +96.2 [g]
19 17 George de Wilde  France 10:39.8 +120.8 [h]
20 17 Albert Tebbit  Great Britain 11:01.0 +142.0 [i]
21 12 Marcel Moens  Belgium 11:30.4 +171.4
3 Charles Gorman  Canada DNF
1 Louis De Ridder  Belgium DNS
2 Christfried Burmeister  Estonia DNS
4 Bernard Sutton  Great Britain DNS
5 Frederick Dix  Great Britain DNS
7 Cyril Horn  Great Britain DNS
10 Alexander Spengler  Switzerland DNS
11 Philippe Van Volckxsom  Belgium DNS
13 Cesare Locatelli  Italy DNS
16 Albert Hassler  France DNS

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 11 with Van Volckxsom[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 5 with Dix[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 4 with Sutton[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 2 with Burmeister[2]
  6. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Horn[2]
  7. ^ Originally in pair 10 with Spengler[2]
  8. ^ Originally in pair 1 with De Ridder[2]
  9. ^ Originally in pair 13 with Locatelli[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Speed Skating. Complete history list of World Records" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2009.

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