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

Event:Men's 5000 metres
Games:1998 Winter
Venue:M-Wave
Dates:8 February
Competitors:32
Nations:19
Longnames:yes
Win Value:6:22.20
Gold:Gianni Romme
Goldnoc:NED
Silver:Rintje Ritsma
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Bart Veldkamp
Bronzenoc:BEL
Prev:1994
Next:2002

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 Athlete Country 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

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country 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 o6:39.44 +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

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
  4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.