Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Utah Olympic Oval | |||||||||
| Dates | February 9 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 6:14.66 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
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
[edit]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 |
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| 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
[edit]| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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 | 15 | O | Jochem Uytdehaage | Netherlands | 6:14.66 | - | WR |
 | 12 | I | Derek Parra | United States | 6:17.98 | +3.32 | |
 | 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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