Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay

Men's 5000 metre relay
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for short track
VenueLa halle de glace Olympique
DatesFebruary 18–22
Competitors37 from 9 nations
Winning time7:14.02
Medalists
 
 
 
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
500 m     women
1000 m men
3000 m relay women
5000 m relay men

The men's 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 22 February at La halle de glace Olympique.[1]

Results

Heats

The round one heats were held on 18 February. The top two teams and two fastest third place teams advanced to the semifinals.[1]

Heat 1
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1 South Korea Song Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
7:14.07 Q WR
2 Australia Kieran Hansen
John Kah
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:15.10 Q
3 Canada Frédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Laurent Daignault
Sylvain Gagnon
7:15.25
Heat 2
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1 Great Britain Nicky Gooch
Stuart Horsepool
Matthew Jasper
Wilf O'Reilly
7:27.87 Q
2 Italy Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Roberto Peretti
Mirko Vuillermin
7:28.32 Q
3 France Marc Bella
Arnaud Drouet
Rémi Ingres
Claude Nicouleau
7:38.32
Heat 3
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1 New Zealand Mike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:21.31 Q
2 Japan Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
7:22.43 Q
3 Belgium Geert Blanchart
Alain De Ruyter
Geert De Jonghe
Franky Van Hooren
8:32.51

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 February. The top two teams in each semifinal qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place teams advanced to the B Final.[1]

Semifinal 1
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1 South Korea Song Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
7:20.57 QA
2 New Zealand Mike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:22.38 QA
3 France Marc Bella
Arnaud Drouet
Rémi Ingres
Claude Nicouleau
7:26.09 QB
4 Australia Kieran Hansen
John Kah
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:32.57 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1 Japan Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
7:22.84 QA
2 Canada Frédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Laurent Daignault
Sylvain Gagnon
7:24.69 QA
3 Great Britain Nicky Gooch
Stuart Horsepool
Matthew Jasper
Wilf O'Reilly
7:29.40 QB
4 Italy Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Roberto Peretti
Mirko Vuillermin
7:32.80 QB

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.[1]

Final A
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1st South Korea Song Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
7:14.02
2nd Canada Frédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Mark Lackie
Sylvain Gagnon
7:14.06
3rd Japan Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
7:18.18
4 New Zealand Mike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:18.91
Final B
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
5 France Marc Bella
Arnaud Drouet
Rémi Ingres
Claude Nicouleau
7:26.09
6 Great Britain Nicky Gooch
Stuart Horsepool
Matthew Jasper
Wilf O'Reilly
7:29.46
7 Australia Kieran Hansen
John Kah
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:32.57
8 Italy Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Roberto Peretti
Mirko Vuillermin
7:32.80

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

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