Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 5 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

| World record | Jonny Nilsson (SWE) | 7:34.3 | Karuizawa, Japan | 23 February 1963 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Boris Shilkov (URS) | 7:48.7 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 29 January 1956 |

The following new Olympic record was set.

| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 February | Knut Johannesen (NOR) | 7:38.4 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Knut Johannesen | Norway | 7:38.4 | OR |
| | Per Ivar Moe | Norway | 7:38.6 | |
| | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 7:42.0 | |
| 4 | Viktor Kosichkin | Soviet Union | 7:45.8 | |
| 5 | Hermann Strutz | Austria | 7:48.3 | |
| 6 | Jonny Nilsson | Sweden | 7:48.4 | |
| 7 | Ivar Nilsson | Sweden | 7:49.0 | |
| 8 | Rudi Liebrechts | Netherlands | 7:50.9 | |
| 9 | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 7:51.1 | |
| 10 | Muzakhid Khabibulin | Soviet Union | 7:52.3 | |
| 11 | Günter Traub | United Team of Germany | 7:53.9 | |
| 12 | Kurt Stille | Denmark | 7:56.1 | |
| 13 | Gerd Zimmermann | United Team of Germany | 7:56.8 |
| 14 | Renato De Riva | Italy | 7:57.5 | |
| 15 | Kalervo Hietala | Finland | 7:58.8 | |
| 16 | Terry Malkin | Great Britain | 7:59.4 | |
| 17 | Choi Yeong-Bae | South Korea | 8:03.4 | |
| 18 | Jouko Launonen | Finland | 8:03.5 | |
| 19 | Örjan Sandler | Sweden | 8:05.3 | |
| 20 | Dick Hunt | United States | 8:09.7 | |
| 21 | Toivo Salonen | Finland | 8:10.2 | |
| 22 | Tony Bullen | Great Britain | 8:12.4 | |
| 23 | Satoshi Shinpo | Japan | 8:12.5 | |
| 24 | Toyofumi Aruga | Japan | 8:15.9 | |
| 25 | Ralf Olin | Canada | 8:18.2 | |
| 26 | György Ivánkai | Hungary | 8:19.4 | |
| 26 | Yoshihiro Kawano | Japan | 8:19.4 | |
| 28 | Bak Sung-wun | North Korea | 8:20.2 | |
| 29 | Wayne LeBombard | United States | 8:21.3 | |
| 30 | Kim Choon-bong | North Korea | 8:22.9 | |
| 31 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend | Mongolia | 8:23.9 | |
| 32 | Ruedi Uster | Switzerland | 8:24.8 | |
| 33 | Oldřich Teplý | Czechoslovakia | 8:25.6 | |
| 34 | Peter Nottet | Netherlands | 8:26.1 | |
| 35 | Gerald Koning | Canada | 8:26.9 | |
| 36 | Choi Nam-Yeon | South Korea | 8:28.0 | |
| 37 | Reinhold Seeböck | Austria | 8:29.6 | |
| 38 | Stan Fail | United States | 8:31.9 | |
| 39 | Jürgen Schmidt | United Team of Germany | 8:36.6 | |
| 40 | Peter Büttner | Switzerland | 8:45.5 | |
| 41 | Mihály Martos | Hungary | 8:47.1 | |
| 42 | Gerhard Strutz | Austria | 8:50.4 | |
