Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Encyclopedia
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.
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
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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 of the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval
Richmond Olympic Oval
The Richmond Olympic Oval , or the Richmond Oval is a facility in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It was the venue of the speed skating events and the official Olympic anti-doping lab of the 2010 Winter Olympics...
on February 13, 2010.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 13 | Pair 11 | Sven Kramer Sven Kramer Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit... |
6:14.60 | OR |
Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | i | Sven Kramer Sven Kramer Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit... |
6:14.60 | OR | |||
| 12 | i | Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon is a South Korean speed skater who won a silver medal in the 5000 meters and a gold medal in the 10000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian man to ever achieve these feats... |
6:16.95 | +2.35 | |||
| 13 | i | Ivan Skobrev Ivan Skobrev Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev is a Russian speed skater. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5,000 meters as well as the silver medal in the 10,000 meters. He is the reigning European and World Allround Champion.At the 2006 European Championships he finished in... |
6:18.05 | +3.45 | |||
| 14 | i | Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko is a Norwegian speedskater, widely considered to be one of the most promising talents for many years, with junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.-Speed skating career:In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World... |
6:18.80 | +4.20 | |||
| 12 | o | 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:... |
6:19.02 | +4.42 | |||
| 10 | i | Alexis Contin Alexis Contin Alexis Contin is a French speed skater. He is ranked 63 on the Adelskalender and is coached by Jan ven Veen.Contin made his international speedskating debut at the Speed Skating World Cup in December 2005... |
6:19.58 | +4.98 | |||
| 13 | o | 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... |
6:20.53 | +5.93 | |||
| 10 | o | Henrik Christiansen | 6:24.80 | +10.20 | |||
| 7 | o | Jan Blokhuijsen Jan Blokhuijsen Jan Blokhuijsen is Dutch long track speed skater who skates for the commercial VPZ speedskating team.In 2007, he got his VWO degree at school... |
6:26.30 | +11.70 | |||
| 10 | 6 | i | Sverre Haugli Sverre Haugli (born 1982) Sverre Haugli is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.He represents the sports club Jevnaker IF and is the grandson of speed skater Sverre Ingolf Haugli and brother of Maren Haugli.... |
6:27.05 | +12.45 | ||
| 11 | 14 | o | Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP... |
6:27.07 | +12.47 | ||
| 12 | 11 | o | Shani Davis Shani Davis Shani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m... |
6:28.44 | |||
| 13 | 8 | i | Lucas Makowsky Lucas Makowsky Lucas Makowsky is a Canadian speed skater. He started speed skating at six and went on to rank 1st in Canada in the 5000m and 10000m for the 08-09 season. In addition to skating he also speaks three languages: English, French, and Ukrainian.He competed for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the... |
6:28.71 | +14.11 | ||
| 14 | 2 | o | Trevor Marsicano Trevor Marsicano Trevor Marsicano is an American long-track speedskater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Marsicano won a silver medal for his part in the team pursuit... |
6:30.93 | +16.33 | ||
| 15 | 6 | o | Dmitry Babenko | 6:31.19 | +16.59 | ||
| 16 | 3 | i | Sławomir Chmura | 6:33.20 | +18.60 | ||
| 17 | 8 | o | Shane Dobbin Shane Dobbin Shane Dobbin is an inline skater and speed skater from New Zealand. He was New Zealand's only competitor in speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th in the Men's 5000m.- References :... |
6:33.39 | +18.78 | ||
| 18 | 2 | i | Denny Morrison Denny Morrison Denny Morrison is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where he held the world record time of 1:42.01 from 14 March 2008 to 6 March 2009... |
6:33.78 | +19.17 | ||
| 19 | 9 | i | 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 :... |
6:33.90 | +19.30 | ||
| 20 | 5 | o | Haralds Silovs Haralds Silovs Haralds Silovs is a Latvian short track and long track speed skater who became the 2008 European champion in short track. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, he gained worldwide media attention after competing in the 1500m short track and 5000m long track speed skating events in... |
6:35.69 | +21.09 | ||
| 21 | 7 | i | Johan Röjler 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... |
6:35.88 | +21.28 | ||
| 22 | 4 | i | Patrick Beckert Patrick Beckert Patrick Beckert is a German Olympic speed skater.During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Beckert turned off his mobile phone and he missed a race because of that. He was an alternate and didn't think he would race.-References:... |
6:36.02 | +21.42 | ||
| 23 | 9 | o | Marco Weber Marco Weber Marco Weber is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Single Distance Championships... |
6:36.45 | +21.85 | ||
| 24 | 1 | o | Roger Schneider Roger Schneider Roger Schneider is a Swiss long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround ChampionshipsNational Championships-External links:***... |
6:39.30 | +24.69 | ||
| 25 | 4 | o | Luca Stefani Luca Stefani Luca Stefani is an Italian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround ChampionshipsWorld Junior Allround Championships**... |
6:41.75 | +27.15 | ||
| 26 | 1 | i | Robert Lehmann Robert Lehmann Robert Lehmann is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games... |
6:43.77 | +29.17 | ||
| 27 | 5 | i | Shigeyuki Dejima | 6:43.82 | +29.22 | ||
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