Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay

Men's 5000 metre relay
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Men's 5000 metre relay; at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for short track
Venue	White Ring
Dates	19–21 February
Competitors	34 from 8 nations
Winning time	6:51.579
Medalists
	← 1994 2002 →

The men's 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 21 February at the White Ring.^[1]^[2]

Results edit

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 19 February. The top two teams in each semifinal qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place teams advanced to the B Final.^[1]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	Canada	Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon	7:05.766	QA OR
2	China	Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong	7:05.797	QA
3	Great Britain	Nicky Gooch Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe Robert Mitchell	7:11.955	QB
4	Japan	Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera Yugo Shinohara	7:17.223	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	South Korea	Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung	7:07.457	QA
2	Italy	Michele Antonioli Maurizio Carnino Fabio Carta Nicola Franceschina	7:07.770	QA
3	Australia	Steven Bradbury Richard Goerlitz Kieran Hansen Richard Nizielski	7:11.691	QB
4	United States	Andy Gabel Tommy O'Hare Rusty Smith Eric Flaim	7:16.724	QB

Finals edit

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.^[1]

Final A

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result
	Canada	Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon	7:06.075
	South Korea	Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung	7:06.776
	China	Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong	7:11.559
4	Italy	Michele Antonioli Maurizio Carnino Fabio Carta Diego Cattani	7:15.212

Final B

Rank	Country	Athlete	Result	Notes
5	Japan	Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera Yugo Shinohara	7:01.660	OR
6	United States	Andy Gabel Tommy O'Hare Rusty Smith Eric Flaim	7:02.014
7	Great Britain	Dave Allardice Nicky Gooch Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe	7:06.462
8	Australia	Steven Bradbury Richard Goerlitz Kieran Hansen Richard Nizielski	7:15.907

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

[OfficialReport-1] "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.

[SR-2] "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

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