title: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
text: # Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
  
  The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Fred Anton Maier (NOR) | 7:26.2 | Deventer, Netherlands | 7 January 1968 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Olympic record | Knut Johannesen (NOR) | 7:38.4 | Innsbruck, Austria | 5 February 1964 |
  
  The following new world record was set.
  
  | Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 February | Fred Anton Maier (NOR) | 7:22.4 | OR | WR |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 7:22.4 | WR |
  | | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 7:23.2 | |
  | | Peter Nottet | Netherlands | 7:25.5 | |
  | 4 | Per Willy Guttormsen | Norway | 7:27.8 | |
  | 5 | Johnny Höglin | Sweden | 7:32.7 | |
  | 6 | Örjan Sandler | Sweden | 7:32.8 | |
  | 7 | Jonny Nilsson | Sweden | 7:32.9 | |
  | 8 | Jan Bols | Netherlands | 7:33.1 | |
  | 9 | Kimmo Koskinen | Finland | 7:35.9 | |
  | 10 | Valery Lavrushkin | Soviet Union | 7:37.9 | |
  | 11 | Stanislav Selyanin | Soviet Union | 7:38.5 | |
  | 12 | Svein-Erik Stiansen | Norway | 7:39.6 | |
  | 13 | Günter Traub | West Germany | 7:40.4 | |
  | 14 | Anatoly Mashkov | Soviet Union | 7:41.9 | |
  | 15 | Jouko Launonen | Finland | 7:46.5 | |
  | 16 | Hermann Strutz | Austria | 7:53.3 | |
  | 17 | Raimo Hietala | Finland | 7:54.0 | |
  | 18 | Giancarlo Gloder | Italy | 7:54.5 | |
  | 19 | Paul Enock | Canada | 7:54.8 | |
  | 20 | Jürgen Traub | West Germany | 7:55.3 | |
  | 21 | Yoshiaki Demachi | Japan | 7:55.6 | |
  | 22 | Tadao Ishihata | Japan | 7:55.8 | |
  | 23 | Guido Gillarduzzi | Italy | 7:57.4 | |
  | 24 | Bill Lanigan | United States | 7:57.7 | |
  | 25 | Bill Cox | United States | 7:58.1 | |
  | 26 | Renato De Riva | Italy | 7:58.2 | |
  | 27 | John Blewitt | Great Britain | 7:59.8 | |
  | 28 | Wayne LeBombard | United States | 8:03.8 | |
  | 29 | Bob Hodges | Canada | 8:05.0 | |
  | 30 | Michel Thépénier | France | 8:06.2 | |
  | 31 | György Ivánkai | Hungary | 8:07.5 | |
  | 31 | François Perrenoud | France | 8:07.5 | |
  | 33 | Mutsuhiko Maeda | Japan | 8:08.3 | |
  | 34 | Franz Krienbühl | Switzerland | 8:08.9 | |
  | 35 | Ruedi Uster | Switzerland | 8:12.2 | |
  | 36 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend | Mongolia | 8:15.8 | |
  | 37 | Erich Korbel | Austria | 8:20.8 | |
  | 38 | Lee Ik-Hwan | South Korea | 8:28.2 | |
  