Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay

Men's 5000 metre relay
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Men's 5000 metre relay; at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for short track
Venue	La halle de glace Olympique
Dates	18–22 February
Competitors	37 from 9 nations
Winning time	7:14.02
Medalists
	1994 →

Last updated October 22, 2022

Results

Heats

The round one heats were held on 18 February. The top two teams and two fastest third place teams advanced to the semifinals.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	South Korea	Song Jae-kun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Joon-ho Mo Ji-soo	7:14.07	Q WR
2	Australia	Kieran Hansen John Kah Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	7:15.10	Q
3	Canada	Frédéric Blackburn Michel Daignault Laurent Daignault Sylvain Gagnon	7:15.25

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	Great Britain	Nicky Gooch Stuart Horsepool Matthew Jasper Wilf O'Reilly	7:27.87	Q
2	Italy	Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Roberto Peretti Mirko Vuillermin	7:28.32	Q
3	France	Marc Bella Arnaud Drouet Rémi Ingres Claude Nicouleau	7:38.32

Heat 3

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	New Zealand	Mike McMillen Andrew Nicholson Chris Nicholson Tony Smith	7:21.31	Q
2	Japan	Yuichi Akasaka Tatsuyoshi Ishihara Toshinobu Kawai Tsutomu Kawasaki	7:22.43	Q
3	Belgium	Geert Blanchart Alain De Ruyter Geert Dejonghe Franky Vanhooren	8:32.51

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 February. The top two teams in each semifinal qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place teams advanced to the B Final.^[1]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	South Korea	Song Jae-kun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Joon-ho Mo Ji-soo	7:20.57	QA
2	New Zealand	Mike McMillen Andrew Nicholson Chris Nicholson Tony Smith	7:22.38	QA
3	France	Marc Bella Arnaud Drouet Rémi Ingres Claude Nicouleau	7:26.09	QB
4	Australia	Kieran Hansen John Kah Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	7:32.57	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	Japan	Yuichi Akasaka Tatsuyoshi Ishihara Toshinobu Kawai Tsutomu Kawasaki	7:22.84	QA
2	Canada	Frédéric Blackburn Michel Daignault Laurent Daignault Sylvain Gagnon	7:24.69	QA
3	Great Britain	Nicky Gooch Stuart Horsepool Matthew Jasper Wilf O'Reilly	7:29.40	QB
4	Italy	Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Roberto Peretti Mirko Vuillermin	7:32.80	QB

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.^[1]

Final A

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result
	South Korea	Song Jae-kun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Joon-ho Mo Ji-soo	7:14.02
	Canada	Frédéric Blackburn Michel Daignault Mark Lackie Sylvain Gagnon	7:14.06
	Japan	Yuichi Akasaka Tatsuyoshi Ishihara Toshinobu Kawai Tsutomu Kawasaki	7:18.18
4	New Zealand	Mike McMillen Andrew Nicholson Chris Nicholson Tony Smith	7:18.91

Final B

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result
5	France	Marc Bella Arnaud Drouet Rémi Ingres Claude Nicouleau	7:26.09
6	Great Britain	Nicky Gooch Stuart Horsepool Matthew Jasper Wilf O'Reilly	7:29.46
7	Australia	Kieran Hansen John Kah Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	7:32.57
8	Italy	Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Roberto Peretti Mirko Vuillermin	7:32.80

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Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held from 18 to 22 February. Four events were contested at La halle de glace Olympique, located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville. This was the first time short track speed skating was contested at the Winter Olympics.

Australia competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. 23 athletes competed, participating in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track speed skating, and speed skating. Freestyle skiing and short-track speed skating were medal events for the first time, and Australia has competed in these events in every games since. Australia's best result at these games was seventh in the 5000 metres short-track relay.

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The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
↑ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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[OfficialReport-1] 1 2 3 4 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.

[SR-2] "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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