Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, January 26, 1924. Thirty-one speed skaters from thirteen nations were due to compete, but nine athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed.[1] The Canadian athlete Charles Gorman abandoned the race after the first round.[2]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date26 January 1924
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Winning time8:39.0 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
1928 →

Medalists

edit
Gold Silver Bronze
Clas Thunberg
  Finland
Julius Skutnabb
  Finland
Roald Larsen
  Norway

Records

edit

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record   Harald Strøm (NOR) 8:26.5 Kristiania, Norway 17 February 1922 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
26 January 1924 Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia   France 9:08.6 OR, NR
26 January 1924 Pair 6 Fridtjof Paulsen   Norway 8:59.0 OR
26 January 1924 Pair 8 Harald Strøm   Norway 8:54.6 OR
26 January 1924 Pair 14 Julius Skutnabb   Finland 8:48.4 OR
26 January 1924 Pair 15 Clas Thunberg   Finland 8:39.0 OR

Results

edit

The event was held Saturday afternoon.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  15 Clas Thunberg   Finland 8:39.0 OR
  14 Julius Skutnabb   Finland 8:48.0 +9.0 OR
  19 Roald Larsen   Norway 8:50.2 +11.2 [b]
4 20 Sigurd Moen   Norway 8:51.0 +12.0 [c]
5 8 Harald Strøm   Norway 8:54.6 +15.6 OR
6 14 Valentine Bialas   United States 8:55.0 +16.0
7 6 Fridtjof Paulsen   Norway 8:59.0 +20.0 OR
8 9 Richard Donovan   United States 9:05.6 +26.6
9 3 Léonhard Quaglia   France 9:08.6 +29.6 OR, NR
10 12 Asser Wallenius   Finland 9:12.8 +33.8
11 15 Alberts Rumba   Latvia 9:14.4 +35.4
12 20 Eric Blomgren   Sweden 9:14.6 +35.6 [d]
13 8 Charles Jewtraw   United States 9:27.0 +48.0
14 18 Bill Steinmetz   United States 9:35.0 +56.0 [e]
15 6 Axel Blomqvist   Sweden 9:48.8 +69.8
16 19 Leon Jucewicz   Poland 10:05.6 +86.6 [f]
17 9 Gaston Van Hazebroeck   Belgium 10:13.8 +94.8
18 18 André Gegout   France 10:15.2 +96.2 [g]
19 17 George de Wilde   France 10:39.8 +120.8 [h]
20 17 Albert Tebbit   Great Britain 11:01.0 +142.0 [i]
21 12 Marcel Moens   Belgium 11:30.4 +171.4
3 Charles Gorman   Canada DNF
1 Louis De Ridder   Belgium DNS
2 Christfried Burmeister   Estonia DNS
4 Bernard Sutton   Great Britain DNS
5 Frederick Dix   Great Britain DNS
7 Cyril Horn   Great Britain DNS
10 Alexander Spengler   Switzerland DNS
11 Philippe Van Volckxsom   Belgium DNS
13 Cesare Locatelli   Italy DNS
16 Albert Hassler   France DNS

Notes

edit
  1. ^ The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 11 with Van Volckxsom[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 5 with Dix[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 4 with Sutton[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 2 with Burmeister[2]
  6. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Horn[2]
  7. ^ Originally in pair 10 with Spengler[2]
  8. ^ Originally in pair 1 with De Ridder[2]
  9. ^ Originally in pair 13 with Locatelli[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Speed Skating. Complete history list of World Records" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
edit