Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 5 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck
Date5 February 1964
Competitors42 from 19 nations
Winning time7:38.4 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Knut Johannesen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Ivar Moe  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fred Anton Maier  Norway
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Records

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

World record   Jonny Nilsson (SWE) 7:34.3 Karuizawa, Japan 23 February 1963
Olympic record   Boris Shilkov (URS) 7:48.7 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 29 January 1956

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
5 February   Knut Johannesen (NOR) 7:38.4 OR

Results

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Knut Johannesen   Norway 7:38.4 OR
  Per Ivar Moe   Norway 7:38.6
  Fred Anton Maier   Norway 7:42.0
4 Viktor Kosichkin   Soviet Union 7:45.8
5 Hermann Strutz   Austria 7:48.3
6 Jonny Nilsson   Sweden 7:48.4
7 Ivar Nilsson   Sweden 7:49.0
8 Rudi Liebrechts   Netherlands 7:50.9
9 Kees Verkerk   Netherlands 7:51.1
10 Muzakhid Khabibulin   Soviet Union 7:52.3
11 Günter Traub   United Team of Germany 7:53.9
12 Kurt Stille   Denmark 7:56.1
13 Gerd Zimmermann   United Team of Germany 7:56.8
14 Renato De Riva   Italy 7:57.5
15 Kalervo Hietala   Finland 7:58.8
16 Terry Malkin   Great Britain 7:59.4
17 Choi Yeong-Bae   South Korea 8:03.4
18 Jouko Launonen   Finland 8:03.5
19 Örjan Sandler   Sweden 8:05.3
20 Dick Hunt   United States 8:09.7
21 Toivo Salonen   Finland 8:10.2
22 Tony Bullen   Great Britain 8:12.4
23 Satoshi Shinpo   Japan 8:12.5
24 Toyofumi Aruga   Japan 8:15.9
25 Ralf Olin   Canada 8:18.2
26 György Ivánkai   Hungary 8:19.4
Yoshihiro Kawano   Japan 8:19.4
28 Bak Sung-wun   North Korea 8:20.2
29 Wayne LeBombard   United States 8:21.3
30 Kim Choon-bong   North Korea 8:22.9
31 Luvsansharavyn Tsend   Mongolia 8:23.9
32 Ruedi Uster   Switzerland 8:24.8
33 Oldřich Teplý   Czechoslovakia 8:25.6
34 Peter Nottet   Netherlands 8:26.1
35 Gerald Koning   Canada 8:26.9
36 Choi Nam-Yeon   South Korea 8:28.0
37 Reinhold Seeböck   Austria 8:29.6
38 Stan Fail   United States 8:31.9
39 Jürgen Schmidt   United Team of Germany 8:36.6
40 Peter Büttner   Switzerland 8:45.5
41 Mihály Martos   Hungary 8:47.1
42 Gerhard Strutz   Austria 8:50.4

References

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  1. ^ a b "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 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.