Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue L'Anneau de Vitesse
Date15 February 1968
Competitors38 from 17 nations
Winning time7:22.4 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Fred Anton Maier Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Kees Verkerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Nottet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse. [1] [2]

Speed skating competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The ISU, the governing body of both ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating".

1968 Winter Olympics 10th edition of Winter Olympics, held in Grenoble (France) in 1968

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated.

LAnneau de Vitesse

L'Anneau de Vitesse is an outdoor speed skating venue located in Grenoble, France. It hosted the speed skating events for the 1968 Winter Olympics. This Speed Circuit is located in a park of 27 hectares, the Park Paul Mistral. The park also hosts the Palais des sports was the main Olympic site in the city in 1968.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [3] [4]

World recordFlag of Norway.svg  Fred Anton Maier  (NOR)7:26.2 Deventer, Netherlands 7 January 1968
Olympic recordFlag of Norway.svg  Knut Johannesen  (NOR)7:38.4 Innsbruck, Austria 5 February 1964

The following new world record was set.

DateAthleteTimeORWR
15 FebruaryFlag of Norway.svg  Fred Anton Maier  (NOR)7:22.4ORWR

Results

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RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Fred Anton Maier Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:22.4 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Kees Verkerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:23.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Nottet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:25.5
4 Per Willy Guttormsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:27.8
5 Johnny Höglin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:32.7
6 Örjan Sandler Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:32.8
7 Jonny Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:32.9
8 Jan Bols Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:33.1
9 Kimmo Koskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:35.9
10 Valery Lavrushkin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 7:37.9
11 Stanislav Selyanin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 7:38.5
12 Svein-Erik Stiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:39.6
13 Günter Traub Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:40.4
14 Anatoly Mashkov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 7:41.9
15 Jouko Launonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:46.5
16 Hermann Strutz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:53.3
17 Raimo Hietala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:54.0
18 Giancarlo Gloder Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:54.5
19 Paul Enock Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 7:54.8
20 Jürgen Traub Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:55.3
21 Yoshiaki Demachi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:55.6
22 Tadao Ishihata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:55.8
23 Guido Gillarduzzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:57.4
24 Bill Lanigan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:57.7
25 Bill Cox Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:58.1
26 Renato De Riva Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:58.2
27 John Blewitt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:59.8
28 Wayne LeBombard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:03.8
29 Bob Hodges Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 8:05.0
30 Michel Thépénier Flag of France.svg  France 8:06.2
31 György Ivánkai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:07.5
François Perrenoud Flag of France.svg  France 8:07.5
33 Mutsuhiko Maeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8:08.3
34 Franz Krienbühl Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 8:08.9
35 Ruedi Uster Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 8:12.2
36 Luvsansharavyn Tsend Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 8:15.8
37 Erich Korbel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8:20.8
38 Lee Ik-Hwan Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 8:28.2

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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