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

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
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The Men's 5000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in 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.