Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, January 26, 1924. Thirty-one speed skaters from thirteen nations were due to compete, but nine athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed. The Canadian athlete Charles Gorman abandoned the race after the first round.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Clas Thunberg Finland | Julius Skutnabb Finland | Roald Larsen Norway |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

| World record | Harald Strøm (NOR) | 8:26.5 | Kristiania, Norway | 17 February 1922 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |

The following records were set during this competition.

| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 3 | Léonhard Quaglia | France | 9:08.6 | OR, NR |
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 6 | Fridtjof Paulsen | Norway | 8:59.0 | OR |
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 8 | Harald Strøm | Norway | 8:54.6 | OR |
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 14 | Julius Skutnabb | Finland | 8:48.4 | OR |
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 15 | Clas Thunberg | Finland | 8:39.0 | OR |

## Results

The event was held Saturday afternoon.

| Rank | Pair | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 15 | Clas Thunberg | Finland | 8:39.0 | — | OR |
| | 14 | Julius Skutnabb | Finland | 8:48.0 | +9.0 | OR |
| | 19 | Roald Larsen | Norway | 8:50.2 | +11.2 | |
| 4 | 20 | Sigurd Moen | Norway | 8:51.0 | +12.0 | |
| 5 | 8 | Harald Strøm | Norway | 8:54.6 | +15.6 | OR |
| 6 | 14 | Valentine Bialas | United States | 8:55.0 | +16.0 | |
| 7 | 6 | Fridtjof Paulsen | Norway | 8:59.0 | +20.0 | OR |
| 8 | 9 | Richard Donovan | United States | 9:05.6 | +26.6 | |
| 9 | 3 | Léonhard Quaglia | France | 9:08.6 | +29.6 | OR, NR |
| 10 | 12 | Asser Wallenius | Finland | 9:12.8 | +33.8 | |
| 11 | 15 | Alberts Rumba | Latvia | 9:14.4 | +35.4 | |
| 12 | 20 | Eric Blomgren | Sweden | 9:14.6 | +35.6 | |
| 13 | 8 | Charles Jewtraw | United States | 9:27.0 | +48.0 | |
| 14 | 18 | Bill Steinmetz | United States | 9:35.0 | +56.0 | |
| 15 | 6 | Axel Blomqvist | Sweden | 9:48.8 | +69.8 | |
| 16 | 19 | Leon Jucewicz | Poland | 10:05.6 | +86.6 | |
| 17 | 9 | Gaston Van Hazebroeck | Belgium | 10:13.8 | +94.8 | |
| 18 | 18 | André Gegout | France | 10:15.2 | +96.2 | |
| 19 | 17 | George de Wilde | France | 10:39.8 | +120.8 | |
| 20 | 17 | Albert Tebbit | Great Britain | 11:01.0 | +142.0 | |
| 21 | 12 | Marcel Moens | Belgium | 11:30.4 | +171.4 | |
| | 3 | Charles Gorman | Canada | | | DNF |
| | 1 | Louis De Ridder | Belgium | | | DNS |
| | 2 | Christfried Burmeister | Estonia | | | DNS |
| | 4 | Bernard Sutton | Great Britain | | | DNS |
| | 5 | Frederick Dix | Great Britain | | | DNS |
| | 7 | Cyril Horn | Great Britain | | | DNS |
| | 10 | Alexander Spengler | Switzerland | | | DNS |
| | 11 | Philippe Van Volckxsom | Belgium | | | DNS |
| | 13 | Cesare Locatelli | Italy | | | DNS |
| | 16 | Albert Hassler | France | | | DNS |
