Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 9
Competitors32 from 14 nations
Winning time6:14.66
Medalists
 Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands
 Derek Parra  United States
 Jens Boden  Germany
Speed skating at the
2002 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 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Derek Parra and Jens Boden broke their personal bests by 15 seconds to win surprise medals, while Jochem Uytdehaage skated a new world record.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:18.72 Calgary, Canada 30 January 2000 [1]
Olympic record  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:22.20 Nagano, Japan 8 February 1998 [1]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[1] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
9 February Pair 5 Jens Boden Germany 6:21.73 OR
9 February Pair 12 Derek Parra United States 6:17.98 OR WR
9 February Pair 15 Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands 6:14.66 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st 15 Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands 6:14.66 - WR
2nd 12 Derek Parra United States 6:17.98 +3.32
3rd 5 Jens Boden Germany 6:21.73 +7.07
4 9 Dmitry Shepel Russia 6:21.85 +7.19
5 2 K. C. Boutiette United States 6:22.97 +8.31
6 13 Carl Verheijen Netherlands 6:24.71 +10.05
7 9 Roberto Sighel Italy 6:25.11 +10.45
8 5 Bart Veldkamp Belgium 6:25.88 +11.22
9 11 Frank Dittrich Germany 6:25.89 +11.23
10 10 Lasse Sætre Norway 6:25.92 +11.26
11 12 Dustin Molicki Canada 6:26.29 +11.63
12 16 Toshihiko Itokawa Japan 6:27.52 +12.86
13 10 Keiji Shirahata Japan 6:28.95 +14.29
14 13 Pawel Zygmunt Poland 6:29.71 +15.05
15 8 Jondon Trevena United States 6:30.15 +15.49
16 6 Enrico Fabris Italy 6:30.19 +15.53
17 8 Hiroki Hirako Japan 6:30.46 +15.80
18 4 Mark Knoll Canada 6:30.63 +15.97
19 7 Radik Bikchantayev Kazakhstan 6:31.47 +16.81
20 1 Stefano Dongrandi Italy 6:32.37 +17.71
21 15 Eskil Ervik Norway 6:32.80 +18.14
22 6 Johan Röjler Sweden 6:33.18 +18.52
23 3 Steven Elm Canada 6:34.76 +20.10
24 3 Cedric Kuentz France 6:35.05 +20.39
25 14 Vadim Sayutin Russia 6:35.33 +20.67
26 14 Stian Bjørge Norway 6:36.04 +21.38
27 11 Yury Kokhanets Russia 6:36.48 +21.82
28 1 Lee Seung-Hwan South Korea 6:37.67 +23.01
29 4 Sergey Ilyushchenko Kazakhstan 6:38.09 +23.43
30 16 Bob de Jong Netherlands 6:43.97 +29.31
31 2 Vladimir Kostin Kazakhstan 6:44.10 +29.44
32 7 Rene Taubenrauch Germany 7:19.76 +65.10

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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