Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 1 February 1948. Forty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.[1]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the V Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date	1 February 1948
Competitors	40 from 14 nations
Winning time	8:29.4
Medalists
Reidar Liaklev  Norway Odd Lundberg  Norway Göthe Hedlund  Sweden

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Reidar Liaklev (NOR)	Odd Lundberg (NOR)	Göthe Hedlund (SWE)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

World Record	8:13.7(*)	Åke Seyffarth	Davos (SUI)	3 February 1941
Olympic Record	8:19.6	Ivar Ballangrud	Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)	12 February 1936

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

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Reidar Liaklev (NOR)	8:29.4
2	Odd Lundberg (NOR)	8:32.7
3	Göthe Hedlund (SWE)	8:34.8
4	Harry Jansson (SWE)	8:34.9
5	Jan Langedijk (NED)	8:36.2
6	Kees Broekman (NED)	8:37.3
7	Åke Seyffarth (SWE)	8:37.9
8	Pentti Lammio (FIN)	8:40.7
9	Lassi Parkkinen (FIN)	8:45.0
10	Kornél Pajor (HUN)	8:45.2
11	Johnny Cronshey (GBR)	8:45.6
12	Anton Huiskes (NED)	8:46.4
13	Iván Ruttkay (HUN)	8:46.9
14	Craig Mackay (CAN)	8:47.2
15	Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)	8:53.0
16	Rune Hammarström (SWE)	8:53.8
17	Ray Blum (USA)	8:54.4
18	Ken Henry (USA)	8:56.0
19	Henry Howes (GBR)	8:56.6
20	Aad de Koning (NED)	8:57.6
21	Louis Rupprecht (USA)	8:58.4
22	Vladimír Kolář (TCH)	8:58.9
23	Henry Heppe (NOR)	9:03.0
24	Max Stiepl (AUT)	9:05.0
25	Lee Hiyo-Chang (KOR)	9:05.4
26	Antero Ojala (FIN)	9:06.2
27	Richard Solem (USA)	9:10.4
28	Thomas Ross (GBR)	9:18.2
29	Ákos Elekfy (HUN)	9:18.6
30	Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL)	9:20.3
31	Guido Caroli (ITA)	9:21.3
32	Dennis Blundell (GBR)	9:22.2
33	Heinz Hügelshofer (SUI)	9:28.6
34	Sepp Rogger (SUI)	9:29.3
35	Gedeon Ladányi (HUN)	9:30.2
36	Enrico Musolino (ITA)	9:32.3
37	Fernando Alloni (ITA)	9:36.3
38	Lee Chang-Kook (KOR)	9:36.7
39	Alfred Altenburger (SUI)	9:40.6
–	Charles Mathiesen (NOR)	DNF

References

1. "Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• "Results of the 1948 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.