title: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
text: # 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 | |
  