Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, 12 February 1936. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 16 nations competed.^[1]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Riessersee
Date	12 February 1936
Competitors	37 from 16 nations
Winning time	8:19.6 OR
Medalists
Ivar Ballangrud  Norway Birger Wasenius  Finland Antero Ojala  Finland
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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	Birger Wasenius  Finland	Antero Ojala  Finland

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record	8:17.2(*)	Ivar Ballangrud	Oslo (NOR)	18 January 1936
Olympic Record	8:39.0	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	26 January 1924

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

Nine speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 8:19.6 seconds.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)	8:19.6
2	Birger Wasenius (FIN)	8:23.3
3	Antero Ojala (FIN)	8:30.1
4	Jan Langedijk (NED)	8:32.0
5	Max Stiepl (AUT)	8:35.0
6	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	8:36.6
7	Charles Mathiesen (NOR)	8:36.9
8	Karl Wazulek (AUT)	8:38.4
9	Michael Staksrud (NOR)	8:38.5
10	Dolf van der Scheer (NED)	8:43.3
11	Robert Petersen (USA)	8:46.5
12	Janusz Kalbarczyk (POL)	8:47.7
13	Roelof Koops (NED)	8:48.5
	Heinz Sames (GER)	8:48.5
15	Eddie Schroeder (USA)	8:49.1
16	Lou Dijkstra (NED)	8:51.5
17	László Hidvéghy (HUN)	8:53.2
18	Alfons Bērziņš (LAT)	8:53.4
19	Wilhelm Löwinger (AUT)	8:53.9
20	Edward Wangberg (NOR)	8:54.7
21	Seien Kin (JPN)	8:55.9
22	Åke Ekman (FIN)	9:00.4
	Aleksander Mitt (EST)	9:00.4
24	Karl Prochaska (AUT)	9:02.6
25	Thomas White (CAN)	9:04.5
26	Axel Johansson (SWE)	9:06.4
27	Yushoku Cho (JPN)	9:08.7
	Seitoku Ri (JPN)	9:08.7
29	Arvīds Lejnieks (LAT)	9:11.9
30	Jānis Andriksons (LAT)	9:15.0
31	Kunio Nando (JPN)	9:20.1
32	Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH)	9:25.8
33	Kenneth Kennedy (AUS)	9:48.9
34	Oldřich Hanč (TCH)	10:03.0
35	James Graeffe (BEL)	10:52.6
–	Charles De Ligne (BEL)	DNF
	Willy Sandner (GER)	DNF