Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
Men's 5000 metres speed skating; at the III Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date	4 February 1932
Competitors	18 from 6 nations
Winning time	9:40.8
Medalists
	← 1928 1936 →

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, February 4, 1932. Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed. Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Irving Jaffee United States	Eddie Murphy United States	Willy Logan Canada

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Winter Olympics.

World Record	8:21.6(*)	Ivar Ballangrud	Davos (SUI)	January 11, 1930
Olympic Record	8:39.0	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	January 26, 1924

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Irving Jaffee (USA)	9:52.0	Q
2	Eddie Murphy (USA)		Q
3	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)		Q
4	Harry Smyth (CAN)		Q
5	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)
–	Alexander Hurd (CAN)	DNF
	Shozo Ishihara (JPN)	DNF
	Michael Staksrud (NOR)	DNF
	Tomeju Uruma (JPN)	DNF

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Bernt Evensen (NOR)	10:01.4	Q
2	Herbert Taylor (USA)		Q
3	Willy Logan (CAN)		Q
4	Frank Stack (CAN)		Q
5	Erling Lindboe (NOR)
6	Carl Springer (USA)
–	Yasuo Kawamura (JPN)	DNF
	Tokuo Kitani (JPN)	DNF
	Ingvar Lindberg (SWE)	DNF

Final

Place	Name	Time
1	Irving Jaffee (USA)	9:40.8
2	Eddie Murphy (USA)	2 m behind
3	Willy Logan (CAN)	4 m behind
4	Herbert Taylor (USA)
5	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
6	Bernt Evensen (NOR)
7	Frank Stack (CAN)
8	Harry Smyth (CAN)

References

^ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

External links

Official Olympic Report
"Results of the 1932 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

[SR-1] "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

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