Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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]

Men's 5000 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
Dates17 February
Competitors38 from 18 nations
Winning time6:44.63 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomas Gustafson
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leo Visser
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gerard Kemkers
 Netherlands
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Geir Karlstad (NOR) 6:43.59 Calgary, Canada 4 December 1987
Olympic record   Eric Heiden (USA) 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
17 February Pair 1 Dmitriy Bochkaryov   Soviet Union 6:56.57 OR
17 February Pair 2 Leo Visser   Netherlands 6:44.98 OR
17 February Pair 9 Tomas Gustafson   Sweden 6:44.63 OR

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
  9 I Tomas Gustafson   Sweden 6:44.63 OR
  2 O Leo Visser   Netherlands 6:44.98 +0.35
  4 O Gerard Kemkers   Netherlands 6:45.92 +1.29
4 8 I Eric Flaim   United States 6:47.09 +2.46
5 3 O Michael Hadschieff   Austria 6:48.72 +4.09
6 11 I Dave Silk   United States 6:49.95 +5.32
7 3 I Geir Karlstad   Norway 6:50.88 +6.25
8 10 I Roland Freier   East Germany 6:51.42 +6.79
9 7 I Mark Greenwald   United States 6:51.98 +7.35
10 12 O Danny Kah   Australia 6:52.14 +7.51
11 16 O Roberto Sighel   Italy 6:53.04 +8.41
12 6 O Rolf Falk-Larssen   Norway 6:54.37 +9.74
13 5 O Herbert Dijkstra   Netherlands 6:54.63 +10.00
14 7 O Toru Aoyanagi   Japan 6:54.70 +10.07
15 16 I Bruno Milesi   Italy 6:54.93 +10.30
16 10 O Pertti Niittylä   Finland 6:55.18 +10.55
17 1 O Dmitry Bochkaryov   Soviet Union 6:56.57 +11.94
18 15 I Timo Järvinen   Finland 6:56.68 +12.05
19 19 I Per Bengtsson   Sweden 6:57.05 +12.42
20 4 I Christian Eminger   Austria 6:57.22 +12.59
21 2 I Ben Lamarche   Canada 6:57.63 +13.00
22 17 I Hans van Helden   France 6:57.69 +13.06
23 6 I Sergey Berezin   Soviet Union 6:58.08 +13.45
24 5 I Hansjörg Baltes   West Germany 6:59.45 +14.82
25 14 I Jiří Kyncl   Czechoslovakia 6:59.82 +15.19
26 1 I Yury Klyuyev   Soviet Union 7:00.01 +15.38
27 9 O Munehisa Kuroiwa   Japan 7:01.55 +16.92
28 18 O Song Yong-hun   North Korea 7:01.56 +16.93
29 17 O Kim Gwan-gyu   South Korea 7:02.13 +17.50
30 15 O Joakim Karlberg   Sweden 7:02.30 +17.67
31 12 I Jean Pichette   Canada 7:04.95 +20.32
32 13 I Yoshiyuki Shimizu   Japan 7:05.35 +20.72
33 8 O Frode Syvertsen   Norway 7:05.57 +20.94
34 14 O Gordon Goplen   Canada 7:08.49 +23.86
35 19 O Im Ri-bin   North Korea 7:10.13 +25.50
36 13 O Hwang Ik-hwan   South Korea 7:10.65 +26.02
37 11 I Julian Green   Great Britain 7:13.20 +28.57
38 18 I Craig McNicoll   Great Britain 7:34.14 +49.51

References

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  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "5000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "5000m Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.