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

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 8 February, at the M-Wave arena.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

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

Date	Pair	Time	OR	WR
8 February	Pair 12	6:28.31	OR	WR
8 February	Pair 13	6:28.24	OR	WR
8 February	Pair 16	6:22.20	OR	WR

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Time behind	Notes
	16	i	6:22.20	-	(WR)
	13	o	6:28.24	+6.04
	12	i	6:28.31	+6.11
4	15	o	6:31.37	+9.17
5	15	i	6:32.17	+9.97
6	14	o	6:35.21	+13.01
7	13	i	6:36.71	+14.51
8	16	o	6:37.12	+14.92
9	11	o	6:38.33	+16.13
10	5	o	6:38.35	+16.15
11	10	o	6:38.95	+16.75
12	14	i	6:39.35	+17.15
13	12	o	6:39.44	+17.24
14	9	i	6:39.67	+17.47
15	3	i	6:39.92	+17.72
16	10	o	6:41.19	+18.99
17	1	i	6:42.30	+20.10
18	7	o	6:45.59	+23.39
19	1	i	6:45.90	+23.70
20	11	i	6:46.57	+24.37
21	7	i	6:47.08	+24.88
22	9	i	6:47.21	+25.01
23	6	o	6:48.67	+26.47
24	5	i	6:50.55	+28.35
25	6	i	6:51.35	+29.15
26	3	o	6:51.50	+29.30
27	2	i	6:52.65	+30.45
28	4	o	6:54.27	+32.07
29	8	o	6:54.62	+32.42
30	8	i	6:57.08	+34.88
31	2	o	7:01.87	+39.67
32	4	i	7:19.76	+57.56

Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 29 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/mens-5000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 November 2019.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.