Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1][2]

Men's 5000 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade de Patinage Olympique
Dates13 February
Competitors36 from 20 nations
Winning time6:59.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Geir Karlstad
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Falko Zandstra
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Visser
 Netherlands
← 1988
1994 →

Records edit

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

World record   Johann Olav Koss (NOR) 6:41.73 Heerenveen, Netherlands 9 February 1991
Olympic record   Tomas Gustafson (SWE) 6:44.63 Calgary, Canada 17 February 1988

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind
  7 i Geir Karlstad   Norway 6:59.97
  5 i Falko Zandstra   Netherlands 7:02.28 +2.31
  4 i Leo Visser   Netherlands 7:04.96 +4.99
4 14 i Frank Dittrich   Germany 7:06.33 +6.36
5 2 o Bart Veldkamp   Netherlands 7:08.00 +8.03
6 13 i Eric Flaim   United States 7:11.15 +11.18
7 3 i Johann Olav Koss   Norway 7:11.32 +11.35
8 16 o Yevgeny Sanarov   Unified Team 7:11.38 +11.41
9 15 i Jonas Schön   Sweden 7:12.15 +12.18
10 10 o Michael Hadschieff   Austria 7:12.97 +13.00
11 18 i Vadim Sayutin   Unified Team 7:13.20 +13.23
12 14 o Brian Wanek   United States 7:13.35 +13.38
13 10 i Tomas Gustafson   Sweden 7:15.56 +15.59
14 6 i Roberto Sighel   Italy 7:16.55 +16.58
15 5 o Markus Tröger   Germany 7:17.62 +17.65
16 6 o Jaromir Radke   Poland 7:18.40 +18.43
17 1 i Kazuhiro Sato   Japan 7:19.69 +19.72
18 8 o Toshihiko Itokawa   Japan 7:20.50 +20.53
19 15 o Mark Greenwald   United States 7:21.19 +21.22
20 2 i Danny Kah   Australia 7:22.86 +22.89
21 3 o Per Bengtsson   Sweden 7:23.03 +23.06
22 9 i Keiji Shirahata   Japan 7:24.95 +24.98
23 16 i O Yong-seok   South Korea 7:25.31 +25.34
24 18 o Liu Yanfei   China 7:25.56 +25.59
25 11 o Phillip Tahmindjis   Australia 7:26.56 +26.59
26 9 o Neal Marshall   Canada 7:27.64 +27.67
27 11 i Jiří Kyncl   Czechoslovakia 7:27.78 +27.81
28 4 o Atle Vårvik   Norway 7:28.28 +28.31
29 7 o Bronislav Snetkov   Unified Team 7:28.93 +28.96
30 17 i Jiří Musil   Czechoslovakia 7:29.91 +29.94
31 17 o Nyamdondovyn Ganbold   Mongolia 7:30.07 +30.10
32 8 i Timo Järvinen   Finland 7:30.88 +30.91
33 12 o Zsolt Baló   Romania 7:32.89 +32.92
34 1 i Rudi Jeklic   Germany 7:33.15 +33.18
35 13 o Thierry Lamberton   France 7:35.51 +35.54
36 12 i Bajro Čenanović   Yugoslavia 8:20.30 +1.20:33

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.