The Men's 5000 m speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

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 was held in Salt Lake City, Utah

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, United States

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Derek Parra

Derek Parra

Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....

 and Jens Boden

Jens Boden

Jens Boden is a German speed skater, who won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...

 broke their personal bests by 15 seconds to win surprise medals, while Jochem Uytdehaage

Jochem Uytdehaage

Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...

 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.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
9 February	Pair 5	Jens Boden Jens Boden Jens Boden is a German speed skater, who won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...		6:21.73	OR
9 February	Pair 12	Derek Parra Derek Parra Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....		6:17.98	OR	WR
9 February	Pair 15	Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...		6:14.66	OR	WR

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time Behind	Notes
	15	Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...		6:14.66	-
	12	Derek Parra Derek Parra Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....		6:17.98	+3.32
	5	Jens Boden Jens Boden Jens Boden is a German speed skater, who won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...		6:21.73	+7.07
4	9	Dmitry Shepel		6:21.85	+7.19
5	2	KC Boutiette KC Boutiette KC Boutiette is an American speed skater from Tacoma, Washington and four-time Olympian.He was first of the wave of inline speed skaters who made the transition from inline to ice in order to have a shot at going to the Olympics.Among American speed skaters, Boutiette's story is half legendary...		6:22.97	+8.31
6	13	Carl Verheijen Carl Verheijen Carl Eduard Verheijen was a Dutch speedskater specializing in the longer distances 5,000-m and the 10,000-m. Verheijen is the son of skater Eddy Verheijen and has a relation with retired skater Andrea Nuyt in Leusden. They have a daughter...		6:24.71	+10.05
7	9	Roberto Sighel Roberto Sighel Roberto Sighel is a former Italian speedskater, with particularly strong achievements in the allround samalogue competitions.His skating career was unusually long, competing at top international level from 1988 to 2002...		6:25.11	+10.45
8	5	Bart Veldkamp Bart Veldkamp Bart Veldkamp is a retired speed skater, who represented both the Netherlands and Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics.-Short biography:...		6:25.88	+11.22
9	11	Frank Dittrich		6:25.89	+11.23
10	10	Lasse Sætre Lasse Sætre Lasse Sætre is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in Nord-Odal competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003...		6:25.92	+11.26
11	12	Dustin Molicki		6:26.29	+11.63
12	16	Toshihiko Itokawa		6:27.52	+12.86
13	10	Keiji Shirahata		6:28.95	+14.29
14	13	Pawel Zygmunt		6:29.71	+15.05
15	8	Jondon Trevena		6:30.15	+15.49
16	6	Enrico Fabris Enrico Fabris Enrico Fabris is a former Italian long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he won also the silver medal an in 2008 the...		6:30.19	+15.53
17	8	Hiroki Hirako Hiroki Hirako is a Japanese speed skater. He has competed for Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He has also previously competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.- References :...		6:30.46	+15.80
18	4	Mark Knoll		6:30.63	+15.97
19	7	Radik Bikchantayev		6:31.47	+16.81
20	1	Stefano Dongrandi		6:32.37	+17.71
21	15	Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik is a Norwegian speedskater. Ervik's best distance is traditionally the 5000-m, where he for several years was among the very best of the world, but his top priority for the most part of his career was to perform optimally in the allround championships...		6:32.80	+18.14
22	6	Johan Rojler Johan Röjler Johan Röjler is an ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 2002 in Salt Lake City. His main achievements were held as a junior, when he won the Men's Allround Junior World Title in 2000 and took several medals, including 6...		6:33.18	+18.52
23	3	Steven Elm Steven Elm Steven Elm is a Canadian speed skater from Calgary, Alberta.Elm has been to three Olympics, and in the 2006 Winter Olympics he won a silver medal as part of the Canadian men's pursuit team. He formerly held the world record in the 3000 m from 2000 to 2001...		6:34.76	+20.10
24	3	Cedric Kuentz		6:35.05	+20.39
25	14	Vadim Sayutin Vadim Sayutin Vadim Aleksandrovich Sayutin is a former speed skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Kazakhstan, and Russia, in that order...		6:35.33	+20.67
26	14	Stian Bjorge		6:36.04	+21.38
27	11	Yury Kokhanets		6:36.48	+21.82
28	1	Lee Seung-Hwan		6:37.67	+23.01
29	4	Sergey Ilyushchenko		6:38.09	+23.43
30	16	Bob de Jong Bob de Jong Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in long distances: five and ten kilometers.-Speed skating career:...		6:43.97	+29.31
31	2	Vladimir Kostin Vladimir Kostin Vladimir Kostin was a Russian basketball referee. He has refereed in the 1952 Olympics, 1956 Olympics, 1976 Olympics, 1963 World Championship, 1959 Women's World Championship and many European Championships. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.-External links:*...		6:44.10	+29.44
32	7	Rene Taubenrauch		7:19.76	+65.10