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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Venue | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 January 1924 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:39.0 OR | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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15 | Clas Thunberg | Finland | 8:39.0 | — | OR | |
14 | Julius Skutnabb | Finland | 8:48.0 | +9.0 | OR | |
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
- ^ The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
- ^ Originally in pair 11 with Van Volckxsom[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 5 with Dix[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 4 with Sutton[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 2 with Burmeister[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 7 with Horn[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 10 with Spengler[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 1 with De Ridder[2]
- ^ Originally in pair 13 with Locatelli[2]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1924 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.