Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue M-Wave
Dates 8 February
Competitors 32 from 19 nations
Winning time 6:22.20
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gianni Romme  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bart Veldkamp  Belgium

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)6:30.63Heerenveen, Netherlands7 December 1997
Olympic record Johann Olav Koss (NOR)6:34.96Hamar, Norway13 February 1994

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

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
8 FebruaryPair 12Bart Veldkamp Belgium6:28.31ORWR
8 FebruaryPair 13Rintje Ritsma Netherlands6:28.24ORWR
8 FebruaryPair 16Gianni Romme Netherlands6:22.20ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)16Gianni Romme Netherlands6:22.20-(WR)
2nd, silver medalist(s)13Rintje Ritsma Netherlands6:28.24+6.04
3rd, bronze medalist(s)12Bart Veldkamp Belgium6:28.31+6.11
415Bob de Jong Netherlands6:31.37+9.17
515Frank Dittrich Germany6:32.17+9.97
614René Taubenrauch Germany6:35.21+13.01
713Keiji Shirahata Japan6:36.71+14.51
816Kjell Storelid Norway6:37.12+14.92
911Roberto Sighel Italy6:38.33+16.13
105Marnix ten Kortenaar Austria6:38.35+16.15
1110Lasse Sætre Norway6:38.95+16.75
124Remi Hereide Norway6:39.35+17.15
1312Alexander Baumgärtel Germany6:39.44+17.24
149K. C. Boutiette United States6:39.67+17.47
153Vadim Sayutin Russia6:39.92+17.72
1610Dave Tamburrino United States6:41.19+18.99
171Takahiro Nozaki Japan6:42.30+20.10
187Paweł Zygmunt Poland6:45.59+23.39
191Cédric Kuentz France6:45.90+23.70
2011Andrey Krivosheyev Russia6:46.57+24.37
217Martin Feigenwinter Switzerland6:47.08+24.88
229Yury Kokhanets Russia6:47.21+25.01
236Steven Elm Canada6:48.67+26.47
245Mark Knoll Canada6:50.55+28.35
256Hiroyuki Noake Japan6:51.35+29.15
263Sergey Kaznacheyev Kazakhstan6:51.50+29.30
272Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan6:52.65+30.45
284Serhiy Priz Ukraine6:54.27+32.07
298Choi Jae-bong South Korea6:54.62+32.42
308Dezideriu Horvath Romania6:57.08+34.88
312Fausto Marreiros Portugal7:01.87+39.67
324Vitaly Novichenko Belarus7:19.76+57.56

References

  1. 1 2 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. 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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