Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, 12 February 1936. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 16 nations competed.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ivar Ballangrud Norway | Birger Wasenius Finland | Antero Ojala Finland |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

| World Record | 8:17.2(*) | Ivar Ballangrud | Oslo (NOR) | 18 January 1936 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | 8:39.0 | Clas Thunberg | Chamonix (FRA) | 26 January 1924 |

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

Nine speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 8:19.6 seconds.

## Results

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) | 8:19.6 |
| 2 | Birger Wasenius (FIN) | 8:23.3 |
| 3 | Antero Ojala (FIN) | 8:30.1 |
| 4 | Jan Langedijk (NED) | 8:32.0 |
| 5 | Max Stiepl (AUT) | 8:35.0 |
| 6 | Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) | 8:36.6 |
| 7 | Charles Mathiesen (NOR) | 8:36.9 |
| 8 | Karl Wazulek (AUT) | 8:38.4 |
| 9 | Michael Staksrud (NOR) | 8:38.5 |
| 10 | Dolf van der Scheer (NED) | 8:43.3 |
| 11 | Robert Petersen (USA) | 8:46.5 |
| 12 | Janusz Kalbarczyk (POL) | 8:47.7 |
| 13 | Roelof Koops (NED) | 8:48.5 |
| 13 | Heinz Sames (GER) | 8:48.5 |
| 15 | Eddie Schroeder (USA) | 8:49.1 |
| 16 | Lou Dijkstra (NED) | 8:51.5 |
| 17 | László Hidvéghy (HUN) | 8:53.2 |
| 18 | Alfons Bērziņš (LAT) | 8:53.4 |
| 19 | Wilhelm Löwinger (AUT) | 8:53.9 |
| 20 | Edward Wangberg (NOR) | 8:54.7 |
| 21 | Seien Kin (JPN) | 8:55.9 |
| 22 | Åke Ekman (FIN) | 9:00.4 |
| 22 | Aleksander Mitt (EST) | 9:00.4 |
| 24 | Karl Prochaska (AUT) | 9:02.6 |
| 25 | Thomas White (CAN) | 9:04.5 |
| 26 | Axel Johansson (SWE) | 9:06.4 |
| 27 | Yushoku Cho (JPN) | 9:08.7 |
| 27 | Seitoku Ri (JPN) | 9:08.7 |
| 29 | Arvīds Lejnieks (LAT) | 9:11.9 |
| 30 | Jānis Andriksons (LAT) | 9:15.0 |
| 31 | Kunio Nando (JPN) | 9:20.1 |
| 32 | Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH) | 9:25.8 |
| 33 | Kenneth Kennedy (AUS) | 9:48.9 |
| 34 | Oldřich Hanč (TCH) | 10:03.0 |
| 35 | James Graeffe (BEL) | 10:52.6 |
| – | Charles De Ligne (BEL) | DNF |
| – | Willy Sandner (GER) | DNF |
