Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 5000 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | |||||||||
Dates | February 16 | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 15 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:02.29 OR | |||||||||
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The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
World record | ![]() | 6:56.9 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 19 March 1977 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 7:22.4 | Grenoble, France | 15 February 1968 |
The following new Olympic records was set.
Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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16 February | Pair 1 | Tom Erik Oxholm | ![]() | 7:05.59 | OR | |
16 February | Pair 2 | Eric Heiden | ![]() | 7:02.29 | OR |
Results
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Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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![]() | 2 | i | Eric Heiden | ![]() | 7:02.29 | – | OR |
![]() | 4 | i | Kay Stenshjemmet | ![]() | 7:03.28 | +0.99 | |
![]() | 1 | i | Tom Erik Oxholm | ![]() | 7:05.59 | +3.30 | |
4 | 2 | o | Hilbert van der Duim | ![]() | 7:07.97 | +5.68 | |
5 | 3 | i | Øyvind Tveter | ![]() | 7:08.36 | +6.07 | |
6 | 6 | o | Piet Kleine | ![]() | 7:08.96 | +6.67 | |
7 | 3 | o | Mike Woods | ![]() | 7:10.39 | +8.10 | |
8 | 8 | i | Ulf Ekstrand | ![]() | 7:13.13 | +10.84 | |
9 | 5 | o | Yep Kramer | ![]() | 7:14.09 | +11.80 | |
10 | 10 | i | Andreas Ehrig | ![]() | 7:14.56 | +12.27 | |
11 | 4 | o | Viktor Lyoskin | ![]() | 7:16.24 | +13.95 | |
12 | 1 | o | Tomas Gustafson | ![]() | 7:16.85 | +14.56 | |
13 | 9 | i | Dmitry Ogloblin | ![]() | 7:16.92 | +14.63 | |
14 | 10 | o | Jan Junell | ![]() | 7:19.50 | +17.21 | |
15 | 8 | o | Sergey Berezin | ![]() | 7:19.93 | +17.64 | |
16 | 14 | i | Yasuhiro Shimizu | ![]() | 7:21.50 | +19.21 | |
17 | 12 | i | Pertti Niittylä | ![]() | 7:21.51 | +19.22 | |
18 | 7 | i | Craig Kressler | ![]() | 7:25.43 | +23.14 | |
19 | 7 | o | Colin Coates | ![]() | 7:27.25 | +24.96 | |
20 | 9 | o | Craig Webster | ![]() | 7:28.94 | +26.65 | |
21 | 5 | i | Masahiko Yamamoto | ![]() | 7:33.02 | +30.73 | |
22 | 11 | o | Andrei Erdely | ![]() | 7:34.41 | +32.12 | |
23 | 14 | o | Maurizio Marchetto | ![]() | 7:35.50 | +33.21 | |
24 | 11 | i | Na Yun-Su | ![]() | 7:39.62 | +37.33 | |
25 | 6 | i | Masayuki Kawahara | ![]() | 7:42.18 | +39.89 | |
26 | 12 | o | Alan Luke | ![]() | 7:52.65 | +50.36 | |
27 | 15 | i | John French | ![]() | 7:59.62 | +57.33 | |
28 | 13 | i | Geoff Sandys | ![]() | 8:01.09 | +58.80 | |
29 | 13 | o | Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa | ![]() | 8:07.68 | +1:05.39 |
References
- ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "5000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.