Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
Dates8 February
Competitors32 from 19 nations
Winning time6:22.20
Medalists
   Netherlands
   Netherlands
   Belgium
Speed skating at the
1998 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 8 February, at the M-Wave arena.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:30.63 Heerenveen, Netherlands 7 December 1997
Olympic record  Johann Olav Koss (NOR) 6:34.96 Hamar, Norway 13 February 1994

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
8 February  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:22.20 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Gianni Romme Netherlands 6:22.20 WR
2nd Rintje Ritsma Netherlands 6:28.24
3rd Bart Veldkamp Belgium 6:28.31
4 Bob de Jong Netherlands 6:31.37
5 Frank Dittrich Germany 6:32.17
6 René Taubenrauch Germany 6:35.21
7 Keiji Shirahata Japan 6:36.71
8 Kjell Storelid Norway 6:37.12
9 Roberto Sighel Italy 6:38.33
10 Marnix ten Kortenaar Austria 6:38.35
11 Lasse Sætre Norway 6:38.95
12 Remi Hereide Norway 6:39.35
13 Alexander Baumgärtel Germany 6:39.44
14 K. C. Boutiette United States 6:39.67
15 Vadim Sayutin Russia 6:39.92
16 Dave Tamburrino United States 6:41.19
17 Takahiro Nozaki Japan 6:42.30
18 Paweł Zygmunt Poland 6:45.59
19 Cédric Kuentz France 6:45.90
20 Andrey Krivosheyev Russia 6:46.57
21 Martin Feigenwinter Switzerland 6:47.08
22 Yury Kokhanets Russia 6:47.21
23 Steven Elm Canada 6:48.67
24 Mark Knoll Canada 6:50.55
25 Hiroyuki Noake Japan 6:51.35
26 Sergey Kaznacheyev Kazakhstan 6:51.50
27 Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan 6:52.65
28 Serhiy Priz Ukraine 6:54.27
29 Choi Jae-bong South Korea 6:54.62
30 Dezideriu Horvath Romania 6:57.08
31 Fausto Marreiros Portugal 7:01.87
32 Vitaly Novichenko Belarus 7:19.76

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3". Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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