The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the Olympic Oval. 38 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event.[1][2]
| Men's 5000 metres at the XV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Oval | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 6:44.63 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 |  Geir Karlstad (NOR) |
6:43.59 | Calgary, Canada | 4 December 1987 |
| Olympic record |  Eric Heiden (USA) |
7:02.29 | Lake Placid, United States | 16 February 1980 |
The following new World and Olympic records were set during the competition:
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 February | Pair 1 | Dmitriy Bochkaryov |  Soviet Union |
6:56.57 | OR | |
| 17 February | Pair 2 | Leo Visser |  Netherlands |
6:44.98 | OR | |
| 17 February | Pair 9 | Tomas Gustafson |  Sweden |
6:44.63 | OR |
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9 | I | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden |
6:44.63 | — | OR |
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2 | O | Leo Visser | Netherlands |
6:44.98 | +0.35 | |
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4 | O | Gerard Kemkers | Netherlands |
6:45.92 | +1.29 | |
| 4 | 8 | I | Eric Flaim | United States |
6:47.09 | +2.46 | |
| 5 | 3 | O | Michael Hadschieff |  Austria |
6:48.72 | +4.09 | |
| 6 | 11 | I | Dave Silk | United States |
6:49.95 | +5.32 | |
| 7 | 3 | I | Geir Karlstad |  Norway |
6:50.88 | +6.25 | |
| 8 | 10 | I | Roland Freier |  East Germany |
6:51.42 | +6.79 | |
| 9 | 7 | I | Mark Greenwald | United States |
6:51.98 | +7.35 | |
| 10 | 12 | O | Danny Kah |  Australia |
6:52.14 | +7.51 | |
| 11 | 16 | O | Roberto Sighel |  Italy |
6:53.04 | +8.41 | |
| 12 | 6 | O | Rolf Falk-Larssen | Norway |
6:54.37 | +9.74 | |
| 13 | 5 | O | Herbert Dijkstra | Netherlands |
6:54.63 | +10.00 | |
| 14 | 7 | O | Toru Aoyanagi |  Japan |
6:54.70 | +10.07 | |
| 15 | 16 | I | Bruno Milesi | Italy |
6:54.93 | +10.30 | |
| 16 | 10 | O | Pertti Niittylä |  Finland |
6:55.18 | +10.55 | |
| 17 | 1 | O | Dmitry Bochkaryov | Soviet Union |
6:56.57 | +11.94 | |
| 18 | 15 | I | Timo Järvinen | Finland |
6:56.68 | +12.05 | |
| 19 | 19 | I | Per Bengtsson | Sweden |
6:57.05 | +12.42 | |
| 20 | 4 | I | Christian Eminger | Austria |
6:57.22 | +12.59 | |
| 21 | 2 | I | Ben Lamarche |  Canada |
6:57.63 | +13.00 | |
| 22 | 17 | I | Hans van Helden |  France |
6:57.69 | +13.06 | |
| 23 | 6 | I | Sergey Berezin | Soviet Union |
6:58.08 | +13.45 | |
| 24 | 5 | I | Hansjörg Baltes |  West Germany |
6:59.45 | +14.82 | |
| 25 | 14 | I | Jiří Kyncl |  Czechoslovakia |
6:59.82 | +15.19 | |
| 26 | 1 | I | Yury Klyuyev | Soviet Union |
7:00.01 | +15.38 | |
| 27 | 9 | O | Munehisa Kuroiwa | Japan |
7:01.55 | +16.92 | |
| 28 | 18 | O | Song Yong-hun |  North Korea |
7:01.56 | +16.93 | |
| 29 | 17 | O | Kim Gwan-gyu |  South Korea |
7:02.13 | +17.50 | |
| 30 | 15 | O | Joakim Karlberg | Sweden |
7:02.30 | +17.67 | |
| 31 | 12 | I | Jean Pichette | Canada |
7:04.95 | +20.32 | |
| 32 | 13 | I | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | Japan |
7:05.35 | +20.72 | |
| 33 | 8 | O | Frode Syvertsen | Norway |
7:05.57 | +20.94 | |
| 34 | 14 | O | Gordon Goplen | Canada |
7:08.49 | +23.86 | |
| 35 | 19 | O | Im Ri-bin | North Korea |
7:10.13 | +25.50 | |
| 36 | 13 | O | Hwang Ik-hwan | South Korea |
7:10.65 | +26.02 | |
| 37 | 11 | I | Julian Green |  Great Britain |
7:13.20 | +28.57 | |
| 38 | 18 | I | Craig McNicoll | Great Britain |
7:34.14 | +49.51 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "5000m Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.