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
Venue La halle de glace Olympique
Dates February 18–22
Competitors 37 from 9 nations
Winning time 7:14.02
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
Song Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Canada
Frédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Laurent Daignault
Sylvain Gagnon
Mark Lackie
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki

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
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
1 South KoreaSong Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
7:14.07Q WR
2 AustraliaKieran Hansen
John Kah
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:15.10Q
3 CanadaFrédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Laurent Daignault
Sylvain Gagnon
7:15.25
Heat 2
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
1 Great BritainNicky Gooch
Stuart Horsepool
Matthew Jasper
Wilf O'Reilly
7:27.87Q
2 ItalyOrazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Roberto Peretti
Mirko Vuillermin
7:28.32Q
3 FranceMarc Bella
Arnaud Drouet
Rémi Ingres
Claude Nicouleau
7:38.32
Heat 3
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
1 New ZealandMike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:21.31Q
2 JapanYuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
7:22.43Q
3 BelgiumGeert 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
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
1 South KoreaSong Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
7:20.57QA
2 New ZealandMike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:22.38QA
3 FranceMarc Bella
Arnaud Drouet
Rémi Ingres
Claude Nicouleau
7:26.09QB
4 AustraliaKieran Hansen
John Kah
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:32.57QB
Semifinal 2
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
1 JapanYuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
7:22.84QA
2 CanadaFrédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Laurent Daignault
Sylvain Gagnon
7:24.69QA
3 Great BritainNicky Gooch
Stuart Horsepool
Matthew Jasper
Wilf O'Reilly
7:29.40QB
4 ItalyOrazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Roberto Peretti
Mirko Vuillermin
7:32.80QB

Finals

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

Final A
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) South KoreaSong Jae-kun
Kim Ki-hoon
Lee Joon-ho
Mo Ji-soo
7:14.02
2nd, silver medalist(s) CanadaFrédéric Blackburn
Michel Daignault
Mark Lackie
Sylvain Gagnon
7:14.06
3rd, bronze medalist(s) JapanYuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Toshinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
7:18.18
4 New ZealandMike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:18.91
Final B
RankCountryAthleteResultNotes
5 FranceMarc Bella
Arnaud Drouet
Rémi Ingres
Claude Nicouleau
7:26.09
6 Great BritainNicky Gooch
Stuart Horsepool
Matthew Jasper
Wilf O'Reilly
7:29.46
7 AustraliaKieran Hansen
John Kah
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:32.57
8 ItalyOrazio 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
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