Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Men's 5000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 9
Competitors32 from 14 nations
Winning time6:14.66 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jochem Uytdehaage
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Derek Parra
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jens Boden
 Germany
← 1998
2006 →

The Men's 5000 m

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Derek Parra and Jens Boden broke their personal bests by 15 seconds to win surprise medals, while Jochem Uytdehaage skated a new world record.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:18.72 Calgary, Canada 30 January 2000 [2]
Olympic record  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:22.20
Nagano, Japan
8 February 1998 [2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[2] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
9 February Pair 5 Jens Boden  Germany 6:21.73 OR
9 February Pair 12 Derek Parra  United States 6:17.98 OR WR
9 February Pair 15 Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands 6:14.66 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 O Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands 6:14.66 - WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 12 I Derek Parra  United States 6:17.98 +3.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 I Jens Boden  Germany 6:21.73 +7.07
4 9 I Dmitry Shepel  Russia 6:21.85 +7.19
5 2 O K. C. Boutiette  United States 6:22.97 +8.31
6 13 O Carl Verheijen  Netherlands 6:24.71 +10.05
7 9 O Roberto Sighel  Italy 6:25.11 +10.45
8 5 O Bart Veldkamp  Belgium 6:25.88 +11.22
9 11 O Frank Dittrich  Germany 6:25.89 +11.23
10 10 O Lasse Sætre  Norway 6:25.92 +11.26
11 12 O Dustin Molicki  Canada 6:26.29 +11.63
12 16 I Toshihiko Itokawa  Japan 6:27.52 +12.86
13 10 I Keiji Shirahata  Japan 6:28.95 +14.29
14 13 I
Pawel Zygmunt
 Poland 6:29.71 +15.05
15 8 O Jondon Trevena  United States 6:30.15 +15.49
16 6 O Enrico Fabris  Italy 6:30.19 +15.53
17 8 I Hiroki Hirako  Japan 6:30.46 +15.80
18 4 O Mark Knoll  Canada 6:30.63 +15.97
19 7 O Radik Bikchentayev  Kazakhstan 6:31.47 +16.81
20 1 O Stefano Donagrandi  Italy 6:32.37 +17.71
21 15 I Eskil Ervik  Norway 6:32.80 +18.14
22 6 I Johan Röjler  Sweden 6:33.18 +18.52
23 3 I Steven Elm  Canada 6:34.76 +20.10
24 3 O
Cedric Kuentz
 France 6:35.05 +20.39
25 14 I Vadim Sayutin  Russia 6:35.33 +20.67
26 14 O Stian Bjørge  Norway 6:36.04 +21.38
27 11 I Yury Kokhanets  Russia 6:36.48 +21.82
28 1 I Lee Seung-hwan  South Korea 6:37.67 +23.01
29 4 I Sergey Ilyushchenko  Kazakhstan 6:38.09 +23.43
30 16 O Bob de Jong  Netherlands 6:43.97 +29.31
31 2 I Vladimir Kostin  Kazakhstan 6:44.10 +29.44
32 7 I
Rene Taubenrauch
 Germany 7:19.76 +65.10

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.