Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 5000 metres
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates:	February 16
Competitors:	29
Nations:	15
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	7:02.29 OR
Gold:	Eric Heiden
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kay Stenshjemmet
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Tom Erik Oxholm
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3] ^[4]

The following new Olympic records was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
16 February	Pair 1			7:05.59	OR
16 February	Pair 2			7:02.29	OR

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Time behind
	2	i	7:02.29
	4	i	7:03.28
	1	i	7:05.59
4	2	o	7:07.97
5	3	i	7:08.36
6	6	o	7:08.96
7	3	o	7:10.39
8	8	i	7:13.13	+10.84
9	5	o	7:14.09	+11.80
10	10	i	7:14.56	+12.27
11	4	o	7:16.24	+13.95
12	1	o	7:16.85	+14.56
13	9	i	7:16.92	+14.63
14	10	o	7:19.50	+17.21
15	8	o	7:19.93	+17.64
16	14	i	7:21.50	+19.21
17	12	i	7:21.51	+19.22
18	7	i	7:25.43	+23.14
19	7	o	7:27.25	+24.96
20	9	o	7:28.94	+26.65
21	5	i	7:33.02	+30.73
22	11	o	7:34.41	+32.12
23	14	o	7:35.50	+33.21
24	11	i	7:39.62	+37.33
25	6	i	7:42.18	+39.89
26	12	o	7:52.65	+50.36
27	15	i	7:59.62	+57.33
28	13	i	8:01.09	+58.80
29	13	o	8:07.68	+1:05.39

Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. January 29, 2014.
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SSK/mens-5000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 November 2019.
Web site: 5000m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 2, 2016.
Web site: 5000m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 2, 2016.