Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date4 February 1932
Competitors18 from 6 nations
Winning time9:40.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irving Jaffee  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eddie Murphy  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willy Logan  Canada
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Speed skating at the
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The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, February 4, 1932. Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed. Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Irving Jaffee
 United States 		Eddie Murphy
 United States 		Willy Logan
 Canada

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Winter Olympics.

World Record 8:21.6(*) Norway Ivar Ballangrud Davos (SUI) January 11, 1930
Olympic Record 8:39.0 Finland Clas Thunberg Chamonix (FRA) January 26, 1924

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

Results

First round

Heat 1

Place Name Time Qual.
1  Irving Jaffee (USA) 9:52.0 Q
2  Eddie Murphy (USA) Q
3  Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Q
4  Harry Smyth (CAN) Q
5  Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)
–  Alexander Hurd (CAN) DNF
 Shozo Ishihara (JPN) DNF
 Michael Staksrud (NOR) DNF
 Tomeju Uruma (JPN) DNF

Heat 2

Place Name Time Qual.
1  Bernt Evensen (NOR) 10:01.4 Q
2  Herbert Taylor (USA) Q
3  Willy Logan (CAN) Q
4  Frank Stack (CAN) Q
5  Erling Lindboe (NOR)
6  Carl Springer (USA)
–  Yasuo Kawamura (JPN) DNF
 Tokuo Kitani (JPN) DNF
 Ingvar Lindberg (SWE) DNF

Final

Place Name Time
1  Irving Jaffee (USA) 9:40.8
2  Eddie Murphy (USA) 2 m behind
3  Willy Logan (CAN) 4 m behind
4  Herbert Taylor (USA)
5  Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
6  Bernt Evensen (NOR)
7  Frank Stack (CAN)
8  Harry Smyth (CAN)

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.