Thirty-seven speed skaters from 16 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Nine speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 8:19.6 seconds.
Place | Athlete | Time | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivar Ballangrud|NOR|1936 Winter}} | 8:19.6 |
2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Birger Wasenius|FIN|1936 Winter}} | 8:23.3 |
3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Antero Ojala|FIN|1936 Winter}} | 8:30.1 |
4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Langedijk|NED|1936 Winter}} | 8:32.0 |
5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Max Stiepl|AUT|1936 Winter}} | 8:35.0 |
6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ossi Blomqvist|FIN|1936 Winter}} | 8:36.6 |
7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Mathiesen|NOR|1936 Winter}} | 8:36.9 |
8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Wazulek|AUT|1936 Winter}} | 8:38.4 |
9 | {{flagIOCathlete|Michael Staksrud|NOR|1936 Winter}} | 8:38.5 |
10 | {{flagIOCathlete|Dolf van der Scheer|NED|1936 Winter}} | 8:43.3 |
11 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Petersen|USA|1936 Winter}} | 8:46.5 |
12 | {{flagIOCathlete|Janusz Kalbarczyk|POL|1936 Winter}} | 8:47.7 |
13 | {{flagIOCathlete|Roelof Koops|NED|1936 Winter}} | 8:48.5 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Sames|GER|1936 Winter}} | 8:48.5 |
15 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eddie Schroeder|USA|1936 Winter}} | 8:49.1 |
16 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lou Dijkstra|NED|1936 Winter}} | 8:51.5 |
17 | {{flagIOCathlete|László Hidvéghy|HUN|1936 Winter}} | 8:53.2 |
18 | {{flagIOCathlete|Alfons Bērziņš|LAT|1936 Winter}} | 8:53.4 |
19 | {{flagIOCathlete|Wilhelm Löwinger|AUT|1936 Winter}} | 8:53.9 |
20 | {{flagIOCathlete|Edward Wangberg|NOR|1936 Winter}} | 8:54.7 |
21 | {{flagIOCathlete|Seien Kin|JPN|1936 Winter}} | 8:55.9 |
22 | {{flagIOCathlete|Åke Ekman|FIN|1936 Winter}} | 9:00.4 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Aleksander Mitt|EST|1936 Winter}} | 9:00.4 |
24 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Prochaska|AUT|1936 Winter}} | 9:02.6 |
25 | {{flagIOCathlete|Thomas White|CAN|1936 Winter}} | 9:04.5 |
26 | {{flagIOCathlete|Axel Johansson|SWE|1936 Winter}} | 9:06.4 |
27 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yushoku Cho|JPN|1936 Winter}} | 9:08.7 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Seitoku Ri|JPN|1936 Winter}} | 9:08.7 |
29 | {{flagIOCathlete|Arvīds Lejnieks|LAT|1936 Winter}} | 9:11.9 |
30 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jānis Andriksons|LAT|1936 Winter}} | 9:15.0 |
31 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kunio Nando|JPN|1936 Winter}} | 9:20.1 |
32 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jaroslav Turnovský|TCH|1936 Winter}} | 9:25.8 |
33 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kenneth Kennedy|AUS|1936 Winter}} | 9:48.9 |
34 | {{flagIOCathlete|Oldřich Hanč|TCH|1936 Winter}} | 10:03.0 |
35 | {{flagIOCathlete|James Graeffe|BEL|1936 Winter}} | 10:52.6 |
– | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles De Ligne|BEL|1936 Winter}} | DNF |
{{flagIOCathlete|Willy Sandner|GER|1936 Winter}} | DNF |