Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueRichmond Olympic Oval
Date13 February 2010
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Winning time6:14.60
Medalists
   Netherlands
   South Korea
   Russia
Speed skating at the
2010 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
Team pursuit men women

The men's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on February 13, 2010.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Sven Kramer (NED) 6:03.32 Calgary, Canada 17 November 2007
Olympic record  Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 6:14.66 Salt Lake City, United States 9 February 2002

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
February 13 Pair 11 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 6:14.60 OR

OR = Olympic record

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 11 i Sven Kramer  Netherlands 6:14.60 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 12 i Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea 6:16.95 +2.35
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 13 i Ivan Skobrev  Russia 6:18.05 +3.45
4 14 i Håvard Bøkko  Norway 6:18.80 +4.20
5 12 o Bob de Jong  Netherlands 6:19.02 +4.42
6 10 i Alexis Contin  France 6:19.58 +4.98
7 13 o Enrico Fabris  Italy 6:20.53 +5.93
8 10 o Henrik Christiansen  Norway 6:24.80 +10.20
9 7 o Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 6:26.30 +11.70
10 6 i Sverre Haugli  Norway 6:27.05 +12.45
11 14 o Chad Hedrick  United States 6:27.07 +12.47
12 11 o Shani Davis  United States 6:28.44 +13.84
13 8 i Lucas Makowsky  Canada 6:28.71 +14.11
14 2 o Trevor Marsicano  United States 6:30.93 +16.33
15 6 o Dmitry Babenko  Kazakhstan 6:31.19 +16.59
16 3 i Sławomir Chmura  Poland 6:33.20 +18.60
17 8 o Shane Dobbin  New Zealand 6:33.39 +18.78
18 2 i Denny Morrison  Canada 6:33.78 +19.17
19 9 i Hiroki Hirako  Japan 6:33.90 +19.30
20 5 o Haralds Silovs[1]  Latvia 6:35.69 +21.09
21 7 i Johan Röjler  Sweden 6:35.88 +21.28
22 4 i Patrick Beckert  Germany 6:36.02 +21.42
23 9 o Marco Weber  Germany 6:36.45 +21.85
24 1 o Roger Schneider  Switzerland 6:39.30 +24.69
25 4 o Luca Stefani  Italy 6:41.75 +27.15
26 1 i Robert Lehmann  Germany 6:43.77 +29.17
27 5 i Shigeyuki Dejima  Japan 6:43.82 +29.22
3 o Aleksandr Rumyantsev  Russia (6:35.43) DSQ[2]

Notes and references

  1. Later the same day Silovs competed in the short track 1500 m competition, where he finished in 10th place.
  2. Rumyantsev was disqualified for a line violation during a turn
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