Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates 13 February
Competitors 32 from 17 nations
Winning time 6:34.96 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Johann Olav Koss
 Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kjell Storelid
 Norway
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record Johann Olav Koss (NOR)6:35.53Hamar, Norway4 December 1993
Olympic record Tomas Gustafson (SWE)6:44.63Calgary, Canada17 February 1988

The following new world and olympic records was set during this competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
13 FebruaryPair 2Kjell Storelid Norway6:42.68OR
13 FebruaryPair 4Johann Olav Koss Norway6:34.96ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Johann Olav Koss Norway6:34.96(WR)
2nd, silver medalist(s)2Kjell Storelid Norway6:42.68+7.72
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6Rintje Ritsma Netherlands6:43.94+8.98
43Falko Zandstra Netherlands6:44.58+9.62
55Bart Veldkamp Netherlands6:49.00+14.04
66Toshihiko Itokawa Japan6:49.36+14.40
714Jaromir Radke Poland6:50.40+15.44
812Frank Dittrich Germany6:52.27+17.31
910Michael Hadschieff Austria6:53.02+18.06
1012Christian Eminger Austria6:53.18+18.22
119Andrei Anufrienko Russia6:53.23+18.27
121Jonas Schön Sweden6:53.39+18.43
139Kazuhiro Sato Japan6:54.83+19.87
1411Per Bengtsson Sweden6:57.37+22.41
154Roberto Sighel Italy6:57.70+22.74
1611Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan6:58.17+23.21
1715Neal Marshall Canada6:58.44+23.48
1813Paweł Zygmunt Poland6:58.91+23.95
195Yevgeny Sanarov Kazakhstan6:59.02+24.06
202Dezideriu Horvath Romania6:59.04+24.08
211Yuriy Shulha Ukraine6:59.32+24.36
2210Mike Hall Canada6:59.58+24.62
2316Alexander Baumgärtel Germany6:59.64+24.68
248Toru Aoyanagi Japan6:59.88+24.92
257Danny Kah Australia7:00.02+25.06
263Atle Vårvik Norway7:00.83+25.87
2714Vadim Sayutin Kazakhstan7:01.93+26.97
287Martin Feigenwinter Switzerland7:02.12+27.16
2915Thomas Kumm Germany7:02.18+27.22
308Brian Wanek United States7:05.95+30.99
3116Oleg Pavlov Russia7:07.09+32.13
3213Vitaly Novichenko Belarus7:17.55+42.59

References

  1. 1 2 {{cite web 32 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition. | title =Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 | url =http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF | publisher =LA84 Foundation | work =Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee | year =1994 | accessdate =January 29, 2014}}
  2. "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

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