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

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Men's 5000 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates13 February
Competitors32 from 17 nations
Winning time6:34.96 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johann Olav Koss
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjell Storelid
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
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The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1] 32 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.[2]

Records[edit]

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

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[edit]

[1]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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