Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates13 February
Competitors32 from 17 nations
Winning time6:34.96
Medalists
 Johann Olav Koss  Norway
 Kjell Storelid  Norway
 Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1994 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Johann Olav Koss (NOR) 6:35.53 Hamar, Norway 4 December 1993
Olympic record  Tomas Gustafson (SWE) 6:44.63 Calgary, Canada 17 February 1988

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

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
13 February Pair 2 Kjell Storelid  Norway 6:42.68 OR
13 February Pair 4 Johann Olav Koss  Norway 6:34.96 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Johann Olav Koss  Norway 6:34.96 – (WR)
2nd, silver medalist(s) 2 Kjell Storelid  Norway 6:42.68 +7.72
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands 6:43.94 +8.98
4 3 Falko Zandstra  Netherlands 6:44.58 +9.62
5 5 Bart Veldkamp  Netherlands 6:49.00 +14.04
6 6 Toshihiko Itokawa  Japan 6:49.36 +14.40
7 14 Jaromir Radke  Poland 6:50.40 +15.44
8 12 Frank Dittrich  Germany 6:52.27 +17.31
9 10 Michael Hadschieff  Austria 6:53.02 +18.06
10 12 Christian Eminger  Austria 6:53.18 +18.22
11 9 Andrei Anufrienko  Russia 6:53.23 +18.27
12 1 Jonas Schön  Sweden 6:53.39 +18.43
13 9 Kazuhiro Sato  Japan 6:54.83 +19.87
14 11 Per Bengtsson  Sweden 6:57.37 +22.41
15 4 Roberto Sighel  Italy 6:57.70 +22.74
16 11 Radik Bikchentayev  Kazakhstan 6:58.17 +23.21
17 15 Neal Marshall  Canada 6:58.44 +23.48
18 13 Paweł Zygmunt  Poland 6:58.91 +23.95
19 5 Yevgeny Sanarov  Kazakhstan 6:59.02 +24.06
20 2 Dezideriu Horvath  Romania 6:59.04 +24.08
21 1 Yuriy Shulha  Ukraine 6:59.32 +24.36
22 10 Mike Hall  Canada 6:59.58 +24.62
23 16 Alexander Baumgärtel  Germany 6:59.64 +24.68
24 8 Toru Aoyanagi  Japan 6:59.88 +24.92
25 7 Danny Kah  Australia 7:00.02 +25.06
26 3 Atle Vårvik  Norway 7:00.83 +25.87
27 14 Vadim Sayutin  Kazakhstan 7:01.93 +26.97
28 7 Martin Feigenwinter  Switzerland 7:02.12 +27.16
29 15 Thomas Kumm  Germany 7:02.18 +27.22
30 8 Brian Wanek  United States 7:05.95 +30.99
31 16 Oleg Pavlov  Russia 7:07.09 +32.13
32 13 Vitaly Novichenko  Belarus 7:17.55 +42.59

References

  1. 1 2 {{cite web 32 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition. | title =Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 | url =http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF | publisher =LA84 Foundation | work =Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee | year =1994 | accessdate =January 29, 2014}}
  2. ↑ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

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