The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]
| Men's 5000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | 11 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:24.48 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Hans van Helden (NED) |
7:07.82 | Davos, Switzerland | 30 January 1976 |
| Olympic record |  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) |
7:22.4 | Grenoble, France | 15 February 1968 |
Results
edit| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | i | Sten Stensen | Norway |
7:24.48 | - |
 |
9 | i | Piet Kleine |  Netherlands |
7:26.47 | +1.99 |
 |
2 | i | Hans van Helden | Netherlands |
7:26.54 | +2.06 |
| 4 | 3 | o | Viktor Varlamov |  Soviet Union |
7:30.97 | +6.49 |
| 5 | 4 | i | Klaus Wunderlich |  East Germany |
7:33.82 | +9.34 |
| 6 | 13 | o | Dan Carroll |  United States |
7:36.46 | +11.98 |
| 7 | 9 | o | Vladimir Ivanov | Soviet Union |
7:37.73 | +13.25 |
| 8 | 1 | i | Örjan Sandler |  Sweden |
7:39.69 | +15.21 |
| 9 | 13 | i | Jan Egil Storholt | Norway |
7:40.60 | +16.12 |
| 10 | 6 | o | Colin Coates |  Australia |
7:41.96 | +17.48 |
| 11 | 7 | o | Lee Yeong-Ha |  South Korea |
7:44.21 | +19.73 |
| 12 | 5 | o | Mike Woods | United States |
7:48.08 | +23.60 |
| 13 | 16 | i | Amund Sjøbrend | Norway |
7:48.28 | +23.80 |
| 14 | 15 | i | Sergey Marchuk | Soviet Union |
7:51.37 | +26.98 |
| 15 | 2 | o | Herbert Schwarz |  West Germany |
7:52.26 | +27.78 |
| 16 | 11 | i | Lennart Carlsson | Sweden |
7:53.02 | +28.54 |
| 17 | 8 | o | Franz Krienbühl |  Switzerland |
7:53.11 | +28.63 |
| 18 | 8 | i | Manfred Winter | East Germany |
7:58.28 | +33.60 |
| 19 | 15 | o | Eric Heiden | United States |
7:59.00 | +34.52 |
| 20 | 5 | i | Olavi Köppä |  Finland |
7:59.52 | +35.04 |
| 21 | 1 | o | Maurizio Marchetto |  Italy |
8:04.07 | +39.59 |
| 22 | 11 | o | Masahiko Yamamoto |  Japan |
8:06.97 | +42.49 |
| 23 | 10 | o | Andy Barron |  Canada |
8:10.00 | +45.52 |
| 24 | 6 | o | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan |
8:10.08 | +46.60 |
| 25 | 16 | o | Dan Johansson | Sweden |
8:12.37 | +47.89 |
| 26 | 7 | i | Geoff Sandys |  Great Britain |
8:13.03 | +48.55 |
| 27 | 4 | o | Ludwig Kronfuß |  Austria |
8:19.72 | +55.24 |
| 28 | 12 | o | Ivano Bamberghi | Italy |
8:21.04 | +56.56 |
| 29 | 12 | i | Hubert Gundolf | Austria |
8:29.34 | +1:04.86 |
| 30 | 10 | i | Gilbert Van Eesbeeck |  Belgium |
8:29.78 | +1:05.30 |
| 31 | 14 | i | Loris Vellar | Italy |
8:31.85 | +1:07.37 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.