Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Olympic Oval
Dates17 February
Competitors38 from 18 nations
Winning time6:44.63 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tomas Gustafson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Leo Visser
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Gerard Kemkers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1984
1992  

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the Olympic Oval. 38 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event. [1] [2]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Norway.svg  Geir Karlstad  (NOR)6:43.59 Calgary, Canada 4 December 1987
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Eric Heiden  (USA)7:02.29 Lake Placid, United States 16 February 1980

The following new World and Olympic records were set during the competition:

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
17 FebruaryPair 1 Dmitriy Bochkaryov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:56.57OR
17 FebruaryPair 2 Leo Visser Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:44.98OR
17 FebruaryPair 9 Tomas Gustafson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:44.63OR

Results

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RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg9I Tomas Gustafson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:44.63 OR
Silver medal icon.svg2O Leo Visser Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:44.98+0.35
Bronze medal icon.svg4O Gerard Kemkers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:45.92+1.29
48I Eric Flaim Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:47.09+2.46
53O Michael Hadschieff Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:48.72+4.09
611I Dave Silk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:49.95+5.32
73I Geir Karlstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:50.88+6.25
810I Roland Freier Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:51.42+6.79
97I Mark Greenwald Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:51.98+7.35
1012O Danny Kah Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:52.14+7.51
1116O Roberto Sighel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:53.04+8.41
126O Rolf Falk-Larssen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:54.37+9.74
135O Herbert Dijkstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:54.63+10.00
147O Toru Aoyanagi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 6:54.70+10.07
1516I Bruno Milesi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:54.93+10.30
1610O Pertti Niittylä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:55.18+10.55
171O Dmitry Bochkaryov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:56.57+11.94
1815I Timo Järvinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:56.68+12.05
1919I Per Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:57.05+12.42
204I Christian Eminger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:57.22+12.59
212I Ben Lamarche Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:57.63+13.00
2217I Hans van Helden Flag of France.svg  France 6:57.69+13.06
236I Sergey Berezin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:58.08+13.45
245I Hansjörg Baltes Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:59.45+14.82
2514I Jiří Kyncl Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:59.82+15.19
261I Yury Klyuyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:00.01+15.38
279O Munehisa Kuroiwa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:01.55+16.92
2818O Song Yong-hun Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7:01.56+16.93
2917O Kim Gwan-gyu Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 7:02.13+17.50
3015O Joakim Karlberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:02.30+17.67
3112I Jean Pichette Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:04.95+20.32
3213I Yoshiyuki Shimizu Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:05.35+20.72
338O Frode Syvertsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:05.57+20.94
3414O Gordon Goplen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:08.49+23.86
3519O Im Ri-bin Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7:10.13+25.50
3613O Hwang Ik-hwan Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 7:10.65+26.02
3711I Julian Green Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:13.20+28.57
3818I Craig McNicoll Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:34.14+49.51

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References

  1. 1 2 "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. "5000m Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.