Speed skating at the Olympics
| Men's 5000 metres at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamar Olympic Hall | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 February 1994 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 6:34.96 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 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. 32 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| 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
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | o | Johann Olav Koss | Norway |
6:34.96 | – | (WR) |
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2 | i | Kjell Storelid | Norway |
6:42.68 | +7.72 | |
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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
- ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "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.
- "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
| Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating | |
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