The 5000 m in the men's speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics were held on February 11, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. local time (8:00 a.m. Central European Time ) in the Gangneung Oval . Olympic champion was Sven Kramer from the Netherlands who set a new Olympic record with a running time of 6: 09.76 minutes. The silver medal went to world record holder Ted-Jan Bloemen from Canada. Bronze went to the Norwegian Sverre Lunde Pedersen .