Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Gangneung Oval
Date 11 February 2018
Competitors 22 from 14 nations
Winning time 6:09.76
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway

The men's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1] on 11 February 2018.[2][3]

Summary

The event was won by two-time defending champion Sven Kramer in an Olympic record time of 6:09:76. In doing so, he became the first man to win three gold medals in a speed skating event in three consecutive editions of the Olympics. Ted-Jan Bloemen won the silver medal, and Sverre Lunde Pedersen won the bronze medal. Bloemen and Pedersen skated in the same pair, posted the same time, and were separated by the photo finish data. Both won their first Olympic medal.

The field also included 2014 silver medalist Jan Blokhuijsen and 2010 silver medalist Lee Seung-hoon. In the 5th pair, Lee, skating against Bart Swings, posted the best time, with Swings being tentatively second. In the 8th pair, Blokhuijsen took on Peter Michael. Though trailing for most of the distance, Michael came out on top, posting the then-fastest time 0.08 seconds ahead of Lee. Blokhuijsen failed to maintain his initial pace and came home fourth. In the 9th pair, Bloemen and Pedersen crossed the finish line simultaneously, propelling them into the lead. The finish photo showed an 0.002 advantage for Bloemen, setting Pedersen back to second. In the 10th pair, Sven Kramer set a new Olympic record of 6:09:76, becoming Olympic champion in the process as the final pair of Nicola Tumolero and Moritz Geisreiter failed to challenge.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Jan Dijkema, ISU president.

Records

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

World record Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN)6:01.86Salt Lake City, United States10 December 2017
Olympic record Sven Kramer (NED)6:10.76Sochi, Russia8 February 2014
Track record Sven Kramer (NED)6:06.829 February 2017

The following record was set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
11 FebruaryPair 10Sven Kramer Netherlands6:09.76OR

OR = Olympic record

Results

The races were started at 16:00.[4][5]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)10ISven Kramer Netherlands6:09.76—OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)9ITed-Jan Bloemen Canada6:11.616+1.85
3rd, bronze medalist(s)9OSverre Lunde Pedersen Norway6:11.618+1.85
48OPeter Michael New Zealand6:14.07+4.31
55ILee Seung-hoon South Korea6:14.15+4.39
65OBart Swings Belgium6:14.57+4.81
78IJan Blokhuijsen Netherlands6:14.75+4.99
811INicola Tumolero Italy6:15.48+5.72
93OSeitaro Ichinohe Japan6:16.55+6.79
1010OPatrick Beckert Germany6:17.91+8.15
117OAlexis Contin France6:18.13+8.37
1211OMoritz Geisreiter Germany6:18.34+8.58
134ISimen Spieler Nilsen Norway6:18.39+8.63
141ONils van der Poel Sweden6:19.06+9.30
154OBob de Vries Netherlands6:22.26+12.50
162ORyousuke Tsuchiya Japan6:22.45+12.69
173ILivio Wenger Switzerland6:24.16+14.40
186OHåvard Bøkko Norway6:24.50+14.74
197IDavide Ghiotto Italy6:29.25+19.49
206IAndrea Giovannini Italy6:30.71+20.95
212IEmery Lehman United States6:31.16+21.40
221IAdrian Wielgat Poland6:31.71+21.95

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References

  1. ↑ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Schedule". POCOG. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Start list
  4. ↑ "Entries by Event - Men's 5,000m". POCOG. POCOG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Final results
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