Short-track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay explained

Event:	Men's 5000 metre relay
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Salt Lake Ice Center
Dates:	13–23 February
Competitors:	36
Nations:	8
Win Value:	6:51.579
Gold:	Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte Jonathan Guilmette
Silver:	Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari Fabio Carta Maurizio Carnino Michele Antonioli
Bronze:	Li Jiajun Feng Kai Guo Wei Li Ye An Yulong
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

The men's 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.^[1]

Records

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

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 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.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Country	Time
1	align=left	align=left	6:45.455	QA
2	align=left	align=left	6:46.625	QA
3	align=left	align=left	6:50.925	QB
4	align=left	align=left	6:56.389	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Country	Time
1	align=left	align=left	7:09.788	QA
2	align=left	align=left	7:10.788	QA
3	align=left	align=left	7:19.177	QB
–	align=left	align=left	DQ

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while three others raced in Final B.^[2]

Final A

Rank	Country	Time
	align=left	align=left	6:51.579
	align=left	align=left	6:56.327
	align=left	align=left	6:59.633
4	align=left	align=left	7:03.926

Final B

Rank	Country	Time
5	align=left	align=left	7:19.893
6	align=left	align=left	7:45.271
–	align=left	align=left	DQ

Notes and References

Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224709/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/STK/mens-5000-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 November 2019.
Web site: Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Salt Lake Organizing Committee . 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220084643/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf . 20 February 2012 .