| Event: | Men's 5000 metres speed skating |
| Games: | 1924 Winter |
| Venue: | Stade Olympique de Chamonix |
| Date: | 26 January 1924 |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 8:39.0 OR |
| Gold: | Clas Thunberg |
| Goldnoc: | FIN |
| Silver: | Julius Skutnabb |
| Silvernoc: | FIN |
| Bronze: | Roald Larsen |
| Bronzenoc: | NOR |
| Next: | 1928 |
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.[1] The Canadian athlete Charles Gorman abandoned the race after the first round.[2]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 3 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | Léonhard Quaglia | align=left | 9:08.6 | OR, | ||
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 6 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | Fridtjof Paulsen | align=left | 8:59.0 | OR | ||
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 8 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | Harald Strøm | align=left | 8:54.6 | OR | ||
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 14 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | Julius Skutnabb | align=left | 8:48.4 | OR | ||
| 26 January 1924 | Pair 15 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | Clas Thunberg | align=left | 8:39.0 | OR |
The event was held Saturday afternoon.[2]
| Rank | Pair | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:39.0 | OR | |||||
| 14 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:48.0 | OR | |||||
| 19 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:50.2 | ||||||
| 20 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:51.0 | ||||||
| 8 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:54.6 | OR | |||||
| 14 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:55.0 | ||||||
| 6 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 8:59.0 | OR | |||||
| 9 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:05.6 | ||||||
| 3 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:08.6 | OR, | |||||
| 12 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:12.8 | ||||||
| 15 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:14.4 | ||||||
| 20 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:14.6 | ||||||
| 8 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:27.0 | ||||||
| 18 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:35.0 | ||||||
| 6 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 9:48.8 | ||||||
| 19 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 10:05.6 | ||||||
| 9 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 10:13.8 | ||||||
| 18 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 10:15.2 | ||||||
| 17 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 10:39.8 | +120.8 | |||||
| 17 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 11:01.0 | +142.0 | |||||
| 12 | scope=row style=text-align:left; | align=left | 11:30.4 | +171.4 | |||||
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