Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina. It was held on Sunday, 29 January 1956, started at 11 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m.. Forty-six speed skaters from 17 nations competed.[1]

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueLake Misurina
Date29 January 1956
Competitors46 from 17 nations
Winning time7:48.7 OR
Medalists
Boris Shilkov
 Soviet Union
Sigvard Ericsson
 Sweden
Oleg Goncharenko
 Soviet Union
Speed skating at the
1956 Winter Olympics
500 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Boris Shilkov (URS)  Sigge Ericsson (SWE)  Oleg Goncharenko (URS)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1956 Winter Olympics.

World Record 7:45.6(*) Boris Shilkov Medeo (URS) 9 January 1955
Olympic Record 8:10.6(**) Hjalmar Andersen Oslo (NOR) 17 February 1952

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

(**) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

At first Helmut Kuhnert who skated in the first pair set a new Olympic record with 8:04.3 minutes. In the third pair Wim de Graaff bettered the Olympic record with 8:00.2 minutes. Finally Boris Shilkov set a new Olympic record with 7:48.7 minutes on the way to win the fourth heat and the gold medal.

Results
PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1 Boris Shilkov (URS)7:48.7 OR
2 Sigvard Ericsson (SWE)7:56.7
3 Oleg Goncharenko (URS)7:57.5
4 Kees Broekman (NED)8:00.2
 Wim de Graaff (NED)8:00.2
6 Roald Aas (NOR)8:01.6
7 Olle Dahlberg (SWE)8:01.8
8 Knut Johannesen (NOR)8:02.3
9 Helmut Kuhnert (EUA)8:04.3
10 Torstein Seiersten (NOR)8:06.4
11 Hjalmar Andersen (NOR)8:06.5
12 Gunnar Sjölin (SWE)8:06.7
13 Vladimír Kolář (TCH)8:08.9
14 Colin Hickey (AUS)8:10.0
15 Johnny Cronshey (GBR)8:10.1
16 Dmitri Sakunenko (URS)8:10.5
17 Pat McNamara (USA)8:10.6
18 Gerard Maarse (NED)8:11.1
19 Boris Yakimov (URS)8:12.6
20 Juhani Järvinen (FIN)8:13.7
21 Kauko Salomaa (FIN)8:14.3
22 Sven Andersson (SWE)8:16.9
23 Jang Yeong (KOR)8:17.6
24 Jeen van den Berg (NED)8:19.1
25 Leo Tynkkynen (FIN)8:19.9
26 John Hearn (GBR)8:21.4
27 Yoshiyasu Gomi (JPN)8:22.2
28 Taketsugu Asazaka (JPN)8:23.6
 Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT)8:23.6
30 Hans Keller (EUA)8:24.5
31 Gene Sandvig (USA)8:25.5
32 Matti Hamberg (FIN)8:28.8
33 Ralf Olin (CAN)8:30.5
34 Franz Offenberger (AUT)8:30.8
35 Raymond Gilloz (FRA)8:32.5
36 Kim Jong-Sun (KOR)8:34.3
37 Pyeon Chang-Nam (KOR)8:36.7
38 Kurt Eminger (AUT)8:39.4
39 Jürg Rohrbach (SUI)8:39.5
40 Art Longsjo (USA)8:40.0
41 Carlo Calzà (ITA)8:41.1
42 Alex Connell (GBR)8:42.5
43 Chuck Burke (USA)8:47.4
44 Paolino Dimai (ITA)8:48.0
45 Remo Tomasi (ITA)8:48.3
46 Yoshitaki Hori (JPN)8:53.5

See also

References
  1. "Speed Skating at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 5000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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