The 5000 metres speed skating

Speed skating

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event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:Seven speed skaters competed in all four events....

 programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 17, 1952 at 4 p.m.

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Thirty-five speed skaters from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	8:07.3(*)	Hjalmar Andersen Hjalmar Andersen Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen is a former speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.-Short biography:Hjalmar...	Trondheim Trondheim Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...  (NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... )	January 13, 1951
	8:03.7(**)	Nikolay Mamonov Nikolay Mamonov Nikolay Mamonov is a former Soviet speedskater.He set world record in 5,000 m in Medeo in 1952, with the time 8:03.7.-References:...	Medeo Medeo The Medeu , or Medeo , is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. It is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Medeu sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world...  (URS Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... )	January 23, 1952
Olympic Record	8:19.6	Ivar Ballangrud Ivar Ballangrud Ivar Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in Speed Skating. As the only triple gold medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there.-Biography:Ivar Ballangrud was one of the best speed skaters in the world for a period of 15...	Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...  (GER Nazi Germany Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by... )	February 12, 1936

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

(**) This record was not recognized before the 1955 ISU Congress. It was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Hjalmar Andersen

Hjalmar Andersen

Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen is a former speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.-Short biography:Hjalmar...

 set a new Olympic record with 8:10.6 minutes.

Results

Nikolay Mamonov

Nikolay Mamonov

Nikolay Mamonov is a former Soviet speedskater.He set world record in 5,000 m in Medeo in 1952, with the time 8:03.7.-References:...

 who set a faster time than the standing world record (later recognized as world record) did not compete as the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

Place	Speed skater	Time
1		8:10.6 OR
2		8:21.6
3		8:22.4
4		8:28.5
5		8:30.6
6		8:30.7
7		8:31.9
8		8:36.3
9		8:37.2
10		8:38.6
11		8:39.2
12		8:40.0
13		8:40.1
14		8:40.8
15		8:44.4
16		8:44.5
17		8:47.0
18		8:47.2
19		8:47.6
20		8:48.2
21		8:51.2
22		8:52.4
23		8:52.5
24		8:53.4
25		8:54.2
26		8:56.6
27		8:57.4
28		8:57.6
29		8:59.9
30		9:03.0
31		9:03.7
32		9:04.9
33		9:06.4
34		9:09.2
35		9:34.4