Short-track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay explained

Event:	Men’s 5000 metre relay
Games:	2018 Winter
Venue:	Gangneung Ice Arena Gangneung, South Korea
Dates:	13 February (semifinals) 22 February (finals)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	8
Win Value:	6:31.971
Gold:	Shaoang Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu Viktor Knoch Csaba Burján
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Wu Dajing Han Tianyu Chen Dequan Xu Hongzhi Ren Ziwei
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Samuel Girard Charles Hamelin Charle Cournoyer Pascal Dion
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The Men’s 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.^[1] The race was won by Hungary, this was Hungary's first ever Winter Olympics gold medal.

Records

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

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record	Ref
13 February	Semifinal 2	Hwang Dae-heon Kim Do-kyoum Kwak Yoon-gy Lim Hyo-jun		6:34.510	OR
22 February	Final 2	Shaoang Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu Viktor Knoch Csaba Burján		6:31.971	OR

The semifinals were held on 13 February.

QA – qualified for Final A

QB – qualified for Final B

PEN – penalty

Rank	Semifinal	Country	Notes
1	1	align=left	6:36.605	QA
2	1	align=left	6:41.042	QA
3	1	align=left	6:47.727	QB
	1	align=left		PEN
1	2	align=left	6:34.510	QA, OR
2	2	align=left	6:34.866	QA
3	2	align=left	6:36.867	QB
4	2	align=left	6:42.655	QB

The final was held on 22 February.

Web site: Schedule. POCOG. 13 January 2018. 5 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule. dead.