Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres


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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeORWR
9 FebruaryPair 5Jens Boden6:21.73OR
9 FebruaryPair 12Derek Parra6:17.98ORWR
9 FebruaryPair 15Jochem Uytdehaage6:14.66ORWR

Results

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
15Jochem Uytdehaage6:14.66-WR
12Derek Parra6:17.98+3.32
5Jens Boden6:21.73+7.07
49Dmitry Shepel6:21.85+7.19
52K. C. Boutiette6:22.97+8.31
613Carl Verheijen6:24.71+10.05
79Roberto Sighel6:25.11+10.45
85Bart Veldkamp6:25.88+11.22
911Frank Dittrich6:25.89+11.23
1010Lasse Sætre6:25.92+11.26
1112Dustin Molicki6:26.29+11.63
1216Toshihiko Itokawa6:27.52+12.86
1310Keiji Shirahata6:28.95+14.29
1413Pawel Zygmunt6:29.71+15.05
158Jondon Trevena6:30.15+15.49
166Enrico Fabris6:30.19+15.53
178Hiroki Hirako6:30.46+15.80
184Mark Knoll6:30.63+15.97
197Radik Bikchantayev6:31.47+16.81
201Stefano Dongrandi6:32.37+17.71
2115Eskil Ervik6:32.80+18.14
226Johan Röjler6:33.18+18.52
233Steven Elm6:34.76+20.10
243Cedric Kuentz6:35.05+20.39
2514Vadim Sayutin6:35.33+20.67
2614Stian Bjørge6:36.04+21.38
2711Yury Kokhanets6:36.48+21.82
281Lee Seung-hwan6:37.67+23.01
294Sergey Ilyushchenko6:38.09+23.43
3016Bob de Jong6:43.97+29.31
312Vladimir Kostin6:44.10+29.44
327Rene Taubenrauch7:19.76+65.10