Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | |||||||||
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| Dates | February 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:02.29 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |||||
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| 500 m | men | women | |||
| 1000 m | men | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | women | |||
| 3000 m | women | ||||
| 5000 m | men | ||||
| 10000 m | men | ||||
The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]
| World record |  Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) | 6:56.9 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 19 March 1977 |
| Olympic record | Fred Anton Maier (NOR) | 7:22.4 | Grenoble, France | 15 February 1968 |
The following new Olympic record was set.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 February |  Eric Heiden (USA) | 7:02.29 | OR |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eric Heiden | United States | 7:02.29 | OR |
 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | Norway | 7:03.28 | |
 | Tom Erik Oxholm | Norway | 7:05.59 | |
| 4 | Hilbert van der Duim |  Netherlands | 7:07.97 | |
| 5 | Øyvind Tveter | Norway | 7:08.36 | |
| 6 | Piet Kleine | Netherlands | 7:08.96 | |
| 7 | Mike Woods | United States | 7:10.39 | |
| 8 | Ulf Ekstrand |  Sweden | 7:13.13 | |
| 9 | Yep Kramer | Netherlands | 7:14.09 | |
| 10 | Andreas Ehrig |  East Germany | 7:14.56 | |
| 11 | Viktor Lyoskin | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 7:16.24 | |
| 12 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 7:16.85 | |
| 13 | Dmitry Ogloblin | Soviet Union | 7:16.92 | |
| 14 | Jan Junell | Sweden | 7:19.50 | |
| 15 | Sergey Berezin | Soviet Union | 7:19.93 | |
| 16 | Yasuhiro Shimizu |  Japan | 7:21.50 | |
| 17 | Pertti Niittylä |  Finland | 7:21.51 | |
| 18 | Craig Kressler | United States | 7:25.43 | |
| 19 | Colin Coates |  Australia | 7:27.25 | |
| 20 | Craig Webster |  Canada | 7:28.94 | |
| 21 | Masahiko Yamamoto | Japan | 7:33.02 | |
| 22 | Andrei Erdely | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 7:34.41 | |
| 23 | Maurizio Marchetto |  Italy | 7:35.50 | |
| 24 | Na Yun-Su | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea | 7:39.62 | |
| 25 | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan | 7:42.18 | |
| 26 | Alan Luke |  Great Britain | 7:52.65 | |
| 27 | John French | Great Britain | 7:59.62 | |
| 28 | Geoff Sandys | Great Britain | 8:01.09 | |
| 29 | Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa | .svg.png){kind=small} Mongolia | 8:07.68 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results". Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.