Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's 5000 metre relay

at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Salt Lake Ice Center

Dates

13–23 February

Competitors

36 from 8 nations

Winning time

6:51.579

Medalists

		Canada Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte Jonathan Guilmette
		Italy Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari Fabio Carta Maurizio Carnino Michele Antonioli
		1998 2006 →

Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m relay		women
5000 m relay	men
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The men's 5000 metre relay in

Salt Lake Ice Center.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Canada (CAN)	6:43.730	Calgary, Canada	14 October 2001
Olympic record	Japan (JPN)	7:01.660	Nagano, Japan	21 February 1998

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Round	Team	Time	OR	WR
13 February	Heat 1	Canada Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte	6:45.455	OR

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 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.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	Canada	Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte	6:45.455	QA
2	China	Li Jiajun Feng Kai Guo Wei An Yulong	6:46.625	QA
3	Japan	Takafumi Nishitani Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera	6:50.925	QB
4	Belgium	Pieter Gysel Simon Van Vossel Ward Janssens Wim De Deyne	6:56.389	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	United States	Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith Dan Weinstein	7:09.788	QA
2	Italy	Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari Fabio Carta Michele Antonioli	7:10.788	QA
3	Australia	Steven Bradbury Alex McEwan Andrew McNee Stephen Lee	7:19.177	QB
–	South Korea	Kim Dong-sung Min Ryoung Lee Seung-jae Oh Se-jong	DQ

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while three others raced in Final B.^[2]

Final A

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
	Canada	Marc Gagnon Jonathan Guilmette François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte	6:51.579
	Italy	Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari Fabio Carta Maurizio Carnino	6:56.327
	China	Li Jiajun Feng Kai Guo Wei Li Ye	6:59.633
4	United States	Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith Dan Weinstein	7:03.926

Final B

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
5	Japan	Takafumi Nishitani Satoru Terao Yugo Shinohara Takehiro Kodera	7:19.893
6	Australia	Steven Bradbury Alex McEwan Andrew McNee Stephen Lee	7:45.271
–	Belgium	Pieter Gysel Simon Van Vossel Ward Janssens Wim De Deyne	DQ

References

^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.

As exhibition sport

1988: Charles Veldhoven, Peter van der Velde, Jaco Mos, Richard Suyten (NED)

As official sport

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