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Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 5000 metres speed skating Venue Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink Date 25 February 1960 Competitors 37 from 15 nations Winning time 7:51.3 Medalists ← 1956 1964 →
The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Thursday, February 25, 1960. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results
References
"Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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Viktor Kosichkin (URS)
Knut Johannesen (NOR)
Jan Pesman (NED)
Boris Shilkov
