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
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 16
Competitors29 from 15 nations
Winning time7:02.29
Medalists
 Eric Heiden  United States
 Kay Stenshjemmet  Norway
 Tom Erik Oxholm  Norway
Speed skating at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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 records was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
16 February Pair 1 Tom Erik Oxholm Norway 7:05.59 OR
16 February Pair 2 Eric Heiden United States 7:02.29 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Eric Heiden United States 7:02.29 OR
2nd Kay Stenshjemmet Norway 7:03.28
3rd 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 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 Romania 7:34.41
23 Maurizio Marchetto Italy 7:35.50
24 Na Yun-Su 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 Mongolia 8:07.68

References

  1. 1 2 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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