- Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics - Men's 5000 metres
The 5000
metre sspeed skating event was part of thespeed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday,February 4 ,1932 .Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed.
Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time. This was the common style in North America and gave the runners from the
United States andCanada a major advantage over the European rivals.Medalists
Heat 2
Final
References
* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf Official Olympic Report]
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