title: 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres
text: # 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres
  
  The men's 5000 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on March 23 at 15:00 local time.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 12 | o | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 6:13.87 | |
  | | 11 | i | Bob de Jong | Netherlands | 6:15.26 | +1.39 |
  | | 10 | o | Jonathan Kuck | United States | 6:16.28 | +2.41 |
  | 4 | 12 | i | Jan Blokhuijsen | Netherlands | 6:16.82 | +2.95 |
  | 5 | 11 | o | Alexis Contin | France | 6:21.44 | +7.57 |
  | 6 | 8 | o | Ivan Skobrev | Russia | 6:24.05 | +10.18 |
  | 7 | 5 | i | Denis Yuskov | Russia | 6:24.74 | +10.87 |
  | 8 | 7 | i | Patrick Beckert | Germany | 6:26.25 | +12.38 |
  | 9 | 9 | i | Moritz Geisreiter | Germany | 6:26.64 | +12.77 |
  | 10 | 9 | o | Bart Swings | Belgium | 6:28.07 | +14.20 |
  | 11 | 8 | i | Shane Dobbin | New Zealand | 6:28.48 | +14.61 |
  | 12 | 6 | o | Dmitry Babenko | Kazakhstan | 6:28.82 | +14.95 |
  | 13 | 6 | i | Jordan Belchos | Canada | 6:30.79 | +16.92 |
  | 14 | 2 | i | Jan Szymański | Poland | 6:31.16 | +17.29 |
  | 15 | 7 | o | Alexej Baumgärtner | Germany | 6:32.11 | +18.24 |
  | 16 | 3 | o | Hiroki Hirako | Japan | 6:32.73 | +18.86 |
  | 17 | 10 | i | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Norway | 6:35.10 | +21.23 |
  | 18 | 4 | i | Brian Hansen | United States | 6:37.90 | +24.03 |
  | 19 | 4 | o | Ewen Fernandez | France | 6:38.58 | +24.71 |
  | 20 | 1 | o | Roland Cieslak | Poland | 6:38.90 | +25.03 |
  | 21 | 1 | i | Mathieu Giroux | Canada | 6:42.95 | +29.08 |
  | 22 | 3 | i | Kristian Reistad Fredriksen | Norway | 6:44.96 | +31.09 |
  | 23 | 5 | o | Joo Hyung-joon | South Korea | 6:48.67 | +34.80 |
  | 24 | 2 | o | Ferre Spruyt | Belgium | 6:50.42 | +36.65 |
  