Speed skating at the Olympics
| Men's 5000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | 11 February 1976 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:24.48 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 19721980 → | ||||||||||
| Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| 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
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind |
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3 | i | Sten Stensen | Norway |
7:24.48 | - |
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9 | i | Piet Kleine |  Netherlands |
7:26.47 | +1.99 |
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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
- ^ "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.
| Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating | |
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