Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| 5000 metres at the VI Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Bislett Stadion, Oslo | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 17 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:10.6 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10000 m | men |
The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 17, 1952, at 4 p.m.
Thirty-five speed skaters from 13 nations competed.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) |
 Kees Broekman (NED) |
Sverre Haugli (NOR) |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 8:07.3(*) |  Hjalmar Andersen |
Trondheim (NOR) | January 13, 1951 |
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| 8:03.7(**) |  Nikolay Mamonov |
Medeo (URS) | January 23, 1952 | |
| Olympic Record | 8:19.6 | Ivar Ballangrud |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) | February 12, 1936 |
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
(**) This record was not recognized before the 1955 ISU Congress. It was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 8:10.6 minutes.
Results
Nikolay Mamonov who set a faster time than the standing world record (later recognized as world record) did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.
References
- Official Olympic Report
- sports-reference
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