Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 5000 metres at the XV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Oval | |||||||||
Dates | 17 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 6:44.63 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
World record | ![]() | 6:43.59 | Calgary, Canada | 4 December 1987 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 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 |
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17 February | Pair 1 | Dmitriy Bochkaryov | ![]() | 6:56.57 | OR | |
17 February | Pair 2 | Leo Visser | ![]() | 6:44.98 | OR | |
17 February | Pair 9 | Tomas Gustafson | ![]() | 6:44.63 | OR |
Results
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Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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![]() | 9 | I | Tomas Gustafson | ![]() | 6:44.63 | — | OR |
![]() | 2 | O | Leo Visser | ![]() | 6:44.98 | +0.35 | |
![]() | 4 | O | Gerard Kemkers | ![]() | 6:45.92 | +1.29 | |
4 | 8 | I | Eric Flaim | ![]() | 6:47.09 | +2.46 | |
5 | 3 | O | Michael Hadschieff | ![]() | 6:48.72 | +4.09 | |
6 | 11 | I | Dave Silk | ![]() | 6:49.95 | +5.32 | |
7 | 3 | I | Geir Karlstad | ![]() | 6:50.88 | +6.25 | |
8 | 10 | I | Roland Freier | ![]() | 6:51.42 | +6.79 | |
9 | 7 | I | Mark Greenwald | ![]() | 6:51.98 | +7.35 | |
10 | 12 | O | Danny Kah | ![]() | 6:52.14 | +7.51 | |
11 | 16 | O | Roberto Sighel | ![]() | 6:53.04 | +8.41 | |
12 | 6 | O | Rolf Falk-Larssen | ![]() | 6:54.37 | +9.74 | |
13 | 5 | O | Herbert Dijkstra | ![]() | 6:54.63 | +10.00 | |
14 | 7 | O | Toru Aoyanagi | ![]() | 6:54.70 | +10.07 | |
15 | 16 | I | Bruno Milesi | ![]() | 6:54.93 | +10.30 | |
16 | 10 | O | Pertti Niittylä | ![]() | 6:55.18 | +10.55 | |
17 | 1 | O | Dmitry Bochkaryov | ![]() | 6:56.57 | +11.94 | |
18 | 15 | I | Timo Järvinen | ![]() | 6:56.68 | +12.05 | |
19 | 19 | I | Per Bengtsson | ![]() | 6:57.05 | +12.42 | |
20 | 4 | I | Christian Eminger | ![]() | 6:57.22 | +12.59 | |
21 | 2 | I | Ben Lamarche | ![]() | 6:57.63 | +13.00 | |
22 | 17 | I | Hans van Helden | ![]() | 6:57.69 | +13.06 | |
23 | 6 | I | Sergey Berezin | ![]() | 6:58.08 | +13.45 | |
24 | 5 | I | Hansjörg Baltes | ![]() | 6:59.45 | +14.82 | |
25 | 14 | I | Jiří Kyncl | ![]() | 6:59.82 | +15.19 | |
26 | 1 | I | Yury Klyuyev | ![]() | 7:00.01 | +15.38 | |
27 | 9 | O | Munehisa Kuroiwa | ![]() | 7:01.55 | +16.92 | |
28 | 18 | O | Song Yong-hun | ![]() | 7:01.56 | +16.93 | |
29 | 17 | O | Kim Gwan-gyu | ![]() | 7:02.13 | +17.50 | |
30 | 15 | O | Joakim Karlberg | ![]() | 7:02.30 | +17.67 | |
31 | 12 | I | Jean Pichette | ![]() | 7:04.95 | +20.32 | |
32 | 13 | I | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | ![]() | 7:05.35 | +20.72 | |
33 | 8 | O | Frode Syvertsen | ![]() | 7:05.57 | +20.94 | |
34 | 14 | O | Gordon Goplen | ![]() | 7:08.49 | +23.86 | |
35 | 19 | O | Im Ri-bin | ![]() | 7:10.13 | +25.50 | |
36 | 13 | O | Hwang Ik-hwan | ![]() | 7:10.65 | +26.02 | |
37 | 11 | I | Julian Green | ![]() | 7:13.20 | +28.57 | |
38 | 18 | I | Craig McNicoll | ![]() | 7:34.14 | +49.51 |
References
- ^ 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.