The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]
| Men's 5000 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | |||||||||
| Dates | February 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:02.29 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) |
6:56.9 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 19 March 1977 |
| Olympic record |  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) |
7:22.4 | Grenoble, France | 15 February 1968 |
The following new Olympic records was set.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 February | Pair 1 | Tom Erik Oxholm | Norway |
7:05.59 | OR | |
| 16 February | Pair 2 | Eric Heiden |  United States |
7:02.29 | OR |
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
2 | i | Eric Heiden | United States |
7:02.29 | – | OR |
 |
4 | i | Kay Stenshjemmet | Norway |
7:03.28 | +0.99 | |
 |
1 | i | Tom Erik Oxholm | Norway |
7:05.59 | +3.30 | |
| 4 | 2 | o | Hilbert van der Duim |  Netherlands |
7:07.97 | +5.68 | |
| 5 | 3 | i | Øyvind Tveter | Norway |
7:08.36 | +6.07 | |
| 6 | 6 | o | Piet Kleine | Netherlands |
7:08.96 | +6.67 | |
| 7 | 3 | o | Mike Woods | United States |
7:10.39 | +8.10 | |
| 8 | 8 | i | Ulf Ekstrand |  Sweden |
7:13.13 | +10.84 | |
| 9 | 5 | o | Yep Kramer | Netherlands |
7:14.09 | +11.80 | |
| 10 | 10 | i | Andreas Ehrig |  East Germany |
7:14.56 | +12.27 | |
| 11 | 4 | o | Viktor Lyoskin |  Soviet Union |
7:16.24 | +13.95 | |
| 12 | 1 | o | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden |
7:16.85 | +14.56 | |
| 13 | 9 | i | Dmitry Ogloblin | Soviet Union |
7:16.92 | +14.63 | |
| 14 | 10 | o | Jan Junell | Sweden |
7:19.50 | +17.21 | |
| 15 | 8 | o | Sergey Berezin | Soviet Union |
7:19.93 | +17.64 | |
| 16 | 14 | i | Yasuhiro Shimizu |  Japan |
7:21.50 | +19.21 | |
| 17 | 12 | i | Pertti Niittylä |  Finland |
7:21.51 | +19.22 | |
| 18 | 7 | i | Craig Kressler | United States |
7:25.43 | +23.14 | |
| 19 | 7 | o | Colin Coates |  Australia |
7:27.25 | +24.96 | |
| 20 | 9 | o | Craig Webster |  Canada |
7:28.94 | +26.65 | |
| 21 | 5 | i | Masahiko Yamamoto | Japan |
7:33.02 | +30.73 | |
| 22 | 11 | o | Andrei Erdely |  Romania |
7:34.41 | +32.12 | |
| 23 | 14 | o | Maurizio Marchetto |  Italy |
7:35.50 | +33.21 | |
| 24 | 11 | i | Na Yun-Su |  South Korea |
7:39.62 | +37.33 | |
| 25 | 6 | i | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan |
7:42.18 | +39.89 | |
| 26 | 12 | o | Alan Luke |  Great Britain |
7:52.65 | +50.36 | |
| 27 | 15 | i | John French | Great Britain |
7:59.62 | +57.33 | |
| 28 | 13 | i | Geoff Sandys | Great Britain |
8:01.09 | +58.80 | |
| 29 | 13 | o | Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa |  Mongolia |
8:07.68 | +1:05.39 |
References edit
- ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.