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

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
Speed skating at the
1924 Winter Olympics
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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

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

Records

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

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

  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

  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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