Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres


The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 8 February, at the M-Wave arena.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world and olympic records was set during this competition.
DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
8 FebruaryPair 12Bart Veldkamp6:28.31ORWR
8 FebruaryPair 13Rintje Ritsma6:28.24ORWR
8 FebruaryPair 16Gianni Romme6:22.20ORWR

Results

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
16Gianni Romme6:22.20-
13Rintje Ritsma6:28.24+6.04
12Bart Veldkamp6:28.31+6.11
415Bob de Jong6:31.37+9.17
515Frank Dittrich6:32.17+9.97
614René Taubenrauch6:35.21+13.01
713Keiji Shirahata6:36.71+14.51
816Kjell Storelid6:37.12+14.92
911Roberto Sighel6:38.33+16.13
105Marnix ten Kortenaar6:38.35+16.15
1110Lasse Sætre6:38.95+16.75
124Remi Hereide6:39.35+17.15
1312Alexander Baumgärtel6:39.44+17.24
149K. C. Boutiette6:39.67+17.47
153Vadim Sayutin6:39.92+17.72
1610Dave Tamburrino6:41.19+18.99
171Takahiro Nozaki6:42.30+20.10
187Paweł Zygmunt6:45.59+23.39
191Cédric Kuentz6:45.90+23.70
2011Andrey Krivosheyev6:46.57+24.37
217Martin Feigenwinter6:47.08+24.88
229Yury Kokhanets6:47.21+25.01
236Steven Elm6:48.67+26.47
245Mark Knoll6:50.55+28.35
256Hiroyuki Noake6:51.35+29.15
263Sergey Kaznacheyev6:51.50+29.30
272Radik Bikchentayev6:52.65+30.45
284Serhiy Priz6:54.27+32.07
298Choi Jae-bong6:54.62+32.42
308Dezideriu Horvath6:57.08+34.88
312Fausto Marreiros7:01.87+39.67
324Vitaly Novichenko7:19.76+57.56