Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, 13 February 1928. Thirty-three speed skaters from 14 nations competed.^[1]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the II Olympic Winter Games
The race between Carlson (left) and Mayke (right).
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date	13 February 1928
Competitors	33 from 14 nations
Winning time	8:50.5
Medalists
Ivar Ballangrud  Norway Julius Skutnabb  Finland Bernt Evensen  Norway
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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	Julius Skutnabb  Finland	Bernt Evensen  Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record	8:26.5(*)	Harald Strøm	Kristiania (NOR)	18 February 1922
Olympic Record	8:39.0	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	26 January 1924

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)	8:50.5
2	Julius Skutnabb (FIN)	8:59.1
3	Bernt Evensen (NOR)	9:01.1
4	Irving Jaffee (USA)	9:01.3
5	Armand Carlsen (NOR)	9:01.5
6	Valentine Bialas (USA)	9:06.3
7	Michael Staksrud (NOR)	9:07.3
8	Otto Polacsek (AUT)	9:08.9
9	Gustaf Andersson (SWE)	9:09.7
10	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	9:09.9
11	Siem Heiden (NED)	9:10.0
12	Clas Thunberg (FIN)	9:11.8
13	Bertel Backman (FIN)	9:14.0
14	Eddie Murphy (USA)	9:19.5
15	Alberts Rumba (LAT)	9:19.7
16	Fritz Jungblut (GER)	9:26.7
17	John Farrell (USA)	9:29.2
18	Léonhard Quaglia (FRA)	9:33.3
19	Wim Kos (NED)	9:34.2
20	Zoltán Eötvös (HUN)	9:34.4
21	Alexander Mitt (EST)	9:35.2
22	Ross Robinson (CAN)	9:38.9
23	Cyril Horn (GBR)	9:45.0
24	Christfried Burmeister (EST)	9:46.2
25	Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)	9:49.8
26	Rudolf Riedl (AUT)	9:53.5
27	Fritz Moser (AUT)	9:57.8
28	Arthur Vollstedt (GER)	9:58.5
29	Willy Logan (CAN)	10:10.3
30	Charles Thaon (FRA)	10:18.8
31	Leonard Stewart (GBR)	10:40.0
32	Frederick Dix (GBR)	10:55.6
–	Erhard Mayke (GER)	DNF