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
 Gianni Romme  Netherlands
 Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands
 Bart Veldkamp  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 and olympic records was set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
8 February Pair 12 Bart Veldkamp Belgium 6:28.31 OR WR
8 February Pair 13 Rintje Ritsma Netherlands 6:28.24 OR WR
8 February Pair 16 Gianni Romme Netherlands 6:22.20 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st 16 Gianni Romme Netherlands 6:22.20 - (WR)
2nd 13 Rintje Ritsma Netherlands 6:28.24 +6.04
3rd 12 Bart Veldkamp Belgium 6:28.31 +6.11
4 15 Bob de Jong Netherlands 6:31.37 +9.17
5 15 Frank Dittrich Germany 6:32.17 +9.97
6 14 René Taubenrauch Germany 6:35.21 +13.01
7 13 Keiji Shirahata Japan 6:36.71 +14.51
8 16 Kjell Storelid Norway 6:37.12 +14.92
9 11 Roberto Sighel Italy 6:38.33 +16.13
10 5 Marnix ten Kortenaar Austria 6:38.35 +16.15
11 10 Lasse Sætre Norway 6:38.95 +16.75
12 4 Remi Hereide Norway 6:39.35 +17.15
13 12 Alexander Baumgärtel Germany 6:39.44 +17.24
14 9 K. C. Boutiette United States 6:39.67 +17.47
15 3 Vadim Sayutin Russia 6:39.92 +17.72
16 10 Dave Tamburrino United States 6:41.19 +18.99
17 1 Takahiro Nozaki Japan 6:42.30 +20.10
18 7 Paweł Zygmunt Poland 6:45.59 +23.39
19 1 Cédric Kuentz France 6:45.90 +23.70
20 11 Andrey Krivosheyev Russia 6:46.57 +24.37
21 7 Martin Feigenwinter Switzerland 6:47.08 +24.88
22 9 Yury Kokhanets Russia 6:47.21 +25.01
23 6 Steven Elm Canada 6:48.67 +26.47
24 5 Mark Knoll Canada 6:50.55 +28.35
25 6 Hiroyuki Noake Japan 6:51.35 +29.15
26 3 Sergey Kaznacheyev Kazakhstan 6:51.50 +29.30
27 2 Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan 6:52.65 +30.45
28 4 Serhiy Priz Ukraine 6:54.27 +32.07
29 8 Choi Jae-bong South Korea 6:54.62 +32.42
30 8 Dezideriu Horvath Romania 6:57.08 +34.88
31 2 Fausto Marreiros Portugal 7:01.87 +39.67
32 4 Vitaly Novichenko Belarus 7:19.76 +57.56

References

  1. 1 2 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). 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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