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Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

July 19, 2023

The men's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 11 February, the first day of competition at the Olympics. The American Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater, began his quest to emulate Eric Heiden by taking five gold medals by racing a time of 6:14.68, 0.02 second behind the four-year-old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage, which was enough to clinch gold. Dutchman Sven Kramer won the silver medal, 1.72 seconds adrift, while home skater Enrico Fabris claimed Italy's first medal by skating home the bronze in the last pair.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueOval Lingotto
Dates11 February
Competitors28 from 15 nations
Winning time6:14.68
Medalists
← 2002
2010 →

Records

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

World record   Sven Kramer (NED) 6:08.78 Salt Lake City, United States 19 November 2005 [2]
Olympic record   Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 6:14.66 Salt Lake City, United States 9 February 2002 [2]

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition. Although, American Chad Hedrick missed out on the Olympic record by just 0.02 second.

Results

 
Laura Bush and Barbara Bush Jr supporting Chad Hedrick
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  12 O Chad Hedrick   United States 6:14.68
  11 I Sven Kramer   Netherlands 6:16.40 +1.72
  14 O Enrico Fabris   Italy 6:18.25 +3.57
4 11 O Carl Verheijen   Netherlands 6:18.84 +4.16
5 13 I Arne Dankers   Canada 6:21.26 +6.58
6 12 I Bob de Jong   Netherlands 6:22.12 +7.44
7 13 O Shani Davis   United States 6:23.08 +8.40
8 8 O Øystein Grødum   Norway 6:24.21 +9.53
9 7 O Lasse Sætre   Norway 6:25.15 +10.47
10 14 O Eskil Ervik   Norway 6:26.91 +12.23
11 9 I Ivan Skobrev   Russia 6:27.02 +12.34
12 7 I Johan Röjler   Sweden 6:29.24 +14.56
13 1 O Bart Veldkamp   Belgium 6:32.02 +17.34
14 9 O Ippolito Sanfratello   Italy 6:32.58 +17.90
15 10 O Artyom Detyshev   Russia 6:32.85 +18.17
16 3 O Stefano Donagrandi   Italy 6:33.45 +18.77
17 10 I Yury Kokhanets   Russia 6:34.62 +19.94
18 5 O Paweł Zygmunt   Poland 6:35.01 +20.33
19 6 O K. C. Boutiette   United States 6:37.29 +22.61
20 8 I Jens Boden   Germany 6:38.34 +23.66
21 6 I Kesato Miyazaki   Japan 6:40.03 +25.35
22 5 I Steven Elm   Canada 6:41.53 +26.85
23 4 O Dmitry Babenko   Kazakhstan 6:42.25 +27.57
24 3 I Justin Warsylewicz   Canada 6:43.74 +29.06
25 2 O Gao Xuefeng   China 6:44.78 +30.10
26 1 I Claudiu Grozea   Romania 6:50.29 +35.61
27 4 I Takahiro Ushiyama   Japan 6:51.53 +36.85
28 2 I Yeo Sang-yeop   South Korea 6:58.13 +43.45

Lap times

 
Lap times for the three best athletes, shown graphically
  1.   Chad Hedrick, United States, (18.64 – 29.03 – 29.46 – 29.26 – 29.23 – 29.34 – 29.52 – 29.45 – 29.71 – 29.95 – 30.19 – 30.20 – 30.70) 6:14.68
  2.   Sven Kramer, Netherlands, (18.45 – 28.63 – 29.59 – 29.83 – 29.95 – 29.82 – 30.08 – 29.75 – 30.07 – 29.95 – 30.04 – 30.27 – 29.97) 6:16.40 (+ 1.72)
  3.   Enrico Fabris, Italy, (18.70 – 29.40 – 30.09 – 30.20 – 29.86 – 30.43 – 30.29 – 30.35 – 30.22 – 29.90 – 29.85 – 29.71 – 29.25) 6:18.25 (+ 3.57)
  4.   Carl Verheijen, Netherlands, (18.49 – 28.93 – 29.81 – 30.04 – 29.93 – 29.94 – 29.82 – 30.02 – 30.23 – 29.98 – 30.42 – 30.66 – 30.57) 6:18.84 (+ 4.16)
  5.   Arne Dankers, Canada, (19.43 – 29.00 – 29.33 – 29.75 – 29.80 – 30.09 – 30.16 – 30.33 – 30.36 – 30.59 – 30.65 – 30.83 – 30.94) 6:21.26 (+ 6.58)
  6.   Bob de Jong, Netherlands, (19.58 – 29.67 – 30.30 – 30.28 – 30.00 – 30.11 – 30.03 – 30.07 – 30.11 – 30.22 – 30.35 – 30.54 – 30.86) 6:22.12 (+ 7.44)
  7.   Shani Davis, United States, (18.37 – 28.38 – 29.49 – 30.08 – 30.34 – 30.05 – 30.54 – 30.36 – 30.61 – 30.67 – 31.08 – 30.90 – 32.21) 6:23.08 (+ 8.40)
  8.   Øystein Grødum, Norway, (19.31 – 29.01 – 29.73 – 29.77 – 30.09 – 30.24 – 30.55 – 30.48 – 30.66 – 30.67 – 31.28 – 31.21 – 31.21) 6:24.21 (+ 9.53)
  9.   Lasse Sætre, Norway, (19.38 – 29.80 – 30.12 – 30.02 – 30.13 – 30.19 – 30.23 – 30.19 – 30.51 – 30.70 – 31.20 – 31.24 – 31.44) 6:25.15 (+ 10.47)
  10.   Eskil Ervik, Norway, (18.64 – 29.77 – 29.97 – 29.97 – 30.52 – 29.87 – 30.76 – 30.72 – 31.11 – 30.86 – 31.55 – 31.51 – 31.66) 6:26.91 (+ 12.23)

Detailed results

Skater in inner pair on first lap listed first

  1. Claudiu Grozea, ROM – Bart Veldkamp, BEL
    • After running even with the Romanian for the first 200 metres from the outside lane, Veldkamp started with two sub-30 laps, and despite going up in lap times for the whole race and ending with a lap of 32.84, Veldkamp finished in 6:32.02, 18 seconds ahead of his Romanian compatriot.
  2. Yeo Sang-yeop, KOR – Gao Xuefeng, CHN
    • Neither of the Asians had the stamina to catch Veldkamp; though Yeo was two seconds behind after 3.5 laps, and skated his first four full laps under 30 seconds, he finished with his last four laps in 36 seconds and ended with the worst time yet, 6:58.13. Gao held better, with a last lap of 34.10, and finished in second place with 6:44.78.
  3. Justin Warsylewicz, CAN – Stefano Donagrandi, ITA
    • Warsylewicz, who clocked the first 3,000 metres in 3:54.51, was only 0.6 seconds behind Donagrandi then. However, he finished with laps of 34 and 35; Donagrandi kept his lap times better, only bursting into 32 on his penultimate lap, and went into second place with 6:33.45, over 10 seconds ahead of Warsylewicz.
  4. Takahiro Ushiyama, JPN – Dmitry Babenko, KAZ
    • Two more Asians; Babenko won the battle, placing third after four pairs with 6:42.25, while Ushiyama fell behind in the first few hundred metres and eventually clocked 6:51.53, which was to be the second worst time of the day.
  5. Steven Elm, CAN – Paweł Zygmunt, POL
    • Zygmunt took an early lead, and remained ahead for the entire race, as the Canadian went into 31 on the third full lap and 32 on the fifth; Zygmunt did not break 31 until the sixth lap. With three laps to go, Zygmunt was 0.08 behind second-placed Donagrandi; however, a last lap of 33.61 spoiled his chance of a second place thus far, as he clocked 6:35.01. Elm placed fourth, a further six seconds adrift.
  6. Kesato Miyazaki, JPN – K. C. Boutiette, USA
    • Miyazaki, the last Asian, also records the best time of any Asian skater in the race; however, Boutiette kept ahead from the start, and despite losing time mid-race with a worst lap of 32.45, he went under 32 again for the penultimate lap. Boutiette eventually placed fourth, with 6:37.29, while Miyazaki, a further three seconds adrift, was fifth.
  7. Johan Röjler, SWE - Lasse Sætre, NOR
    • The Scandinavians both better the leading time of Veldkamp, who was finally dethroned after six pairs in the lead. Röjler led the pair until 3,000 metres, when Sætre took over, clocking a time of 3:50.06, 1.4 seconds ahead of Veldkamp. Sætre went up from 30.19 on the seventh lap to 31.44 on the final lap, but still extended his lead over Veldkamp to 6.88 seconds. Röjler's time of 6:29.24 puts him between the two.
  8. Jens Boden, GER – Øystein Grødum, NOR
    • Grødum gained 0.86 seconds on the leader Sætre on the first 600 metres, and didn't give them away, skating a race broadly similar to Sætre's. The German, who won a bronze medal at Salt Lake City in 2002, skates his last five laps above 32 seconds, and his time of 6:38.34 was only enough for eighth place.
  9. Ivan Skobrev, RUS – Ippolito Sanfratello, ITA
    • Skobrev kept slightly behind Grødum and slightly ahead of his pairmate for most of the race; his final laps cost him a few tenths to Grødum, and he eventually finished in 6:27.02, three seconds behind the Norwegian. Sanfratello was within half a second until 3,000 metres, but went over 32 seconds towards the end, and his time of 6:32.58 was also behind Veldkamp for a fifth place thus far.
  10. Yury Kokhanets, RUS – Artyom Detyshev, RUS
    • Skobrev remains the best Russian after this all-Russian pairing; neither could keep their laps below 32 for the entire race, with Kokhanets skating seven laps between 31 and 32. Detyshev skated the first seven full laps below 31, but finished in 33.16, keeping Kokhanets 1.77 seconds behind him as they go into sixth and eighth place respectively.
  11. Carl Verheijen, NED – Sven Kramer, NED
    • Kramer and Verheijen had taken a 1–2 at the Salt Lake City World Cup event in November 2005, when Kramer set a world record; now, Kramer clocked his first 600 metres in just over 47 seconds, 1.3 seconds ahead of leader Grødum. With a worst lap of 30.27, and all but four of his laps below 30, Kramer eventually betters the leading time by eight seconds to end with 6:16.40; Verheijen was not much worse, but lost 1.5 seconds on the final two kilometres, and ended with 6:18.84.
  12. Bob de Jong, NED – Chad Hedrick, USA
    • Hedrick took the lead by eight tenths out of his first outer curve, and just extended that lead, as de Jong could only keep below 30 on his first full lap and ended with 6:22.12. Hedrick had caught up with Kramer by 1,400 metres after laps of 29.5, 29.3 and 29.2 seconds, and his six next laps were also below 30, as he took a lead of 2.5 seconds with three laps to go. He lost somewhat towards the end, and a last lap of 30.70 prevented him from skating under Jochem Uytdehaage's Olympic record of 6:14.66; he finished 0.02 seconds behind it.
  13. Arne Dankers, CAN – Shani Davis, USA
    • Davis, the leader of the World Cup on 1,000 metres,[3] clocked the fastest first 600 metres of the day with 46.75. However, after a first full lap of 28.38, the fastest of the day, Davis trailed off, and the second lap following that went slower than 30 seconds. Dankers overtook him with three laps to go, and kept his lap times below 31 to go into fourth place with 6:21.26, while Davis' last lap of 32.21 sent him in 0.96 seconds behind Bob de Jong and into sixth place.
  14. Enrico Fabris, ITA – Eskil Ervik, NOR
    • Fabris, the European all-round champion of 2006, paired up with the winner of the 5,000 metres at that event. After the two exchanged the lead for the first 2,000 metres, Fabris gained on his pairmate who had two laps around 30.75, but by 3,000 metres Fabris was more than five seconds behind the leading time. However, Fabris skated progressively faster for his last five laps, and his last lap of 29.25 was his fastest of the entire race; he was the only skater to achieve this. It also brought him in 0.59 seconds ahead of Verheijen to clinch bronze. Ervik, Norway's best by the World Cup standings,[3] completed his last three laps with times above 31.5 seconds, and finished in tenth place, worst of the Norwegians with 6:26.91.

References

  1. ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b Weltcupstand 2005/2006 1 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine, from desg.de, retrieved 11 February 2006

External links

  • "Results of the 2006 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

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The men s 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy was held on 11 February the first day of competition at the Olympics The American Chad Hedrick a former inline skater began his quest to emulate Eric Heiden by taking five gold medals by racing a time of 6 14 68 0 02 second behind the four year old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage which was enough to clinch gold Dutchman Sven Kramer won the silver medal 1 72 seconds adrift while home skater Enrico Fabris claimed Italy s first medal by skating home the bronze in the last pair 1 Men s 5000 metresat the XX Olympic Winter GamesVenueOval LingottoDates11 FebruaryCompetitors28 from 15 nationsWinning time6 14 68MedalistsChad Hedrick United StatesSven Kramer NetherlandsEnrico Fabris Italy 20022010 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Lap times 2 2 Detailed results 3 References 4 External linksRecords EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Sven Kramer NED 6 08 78 Salt Lake City United States 19 November 2005 2 Olympic record Jochem Uytdehaage NED 6 14 66 Salt Lake City United States 9 February 2002 2 No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition Although American Chad Hedrick missed out on the Olympic record by just 0 02 second Results Edit Laura Bush and Barbara Bush Jr supporting Chad Hedrick Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes 12 O Chad Hedrick United States 6 14 68 11 I Sven Kramer Netherlands 6 16 40 1 72 14 O Enrico Fabris Italy 6 18 25 3 574 11 O Carl Verheijen Netherlands 6 18 84 4 165 13 I Arne Dankers Canada 6 21 26 6 586 12 I Bob de Jong Netherlands 6 22 12 7 447 13 O Shani Davis United States 6 23 08 8 408 8 O Oystein Grodum Norway 6 24 21 9 539 7 O Lasse Saetre Norway 6 25 15 10 4710 14 O Eskil Ervik Norway 6 26 91 12 2311 9 I Ivan Skobrev Russia 6 27 02 12 3412 7 I Johan Rojler Sweden 6 29 24 14 5613 1 O Bart Veldkamp Belgium 6 32 02 17 3414 9 O Ippolito Sanfratello Italy 6 32 58 17 9015 10 O Artyom Detyshev Russia 6 32 85 18 1716 3 O Stefano Donagrandi Italy 6 33 45 18 7717 10 I Yury Kokhanets Russia 6 34 62 19 9418 5 O Pawel Zygmunt Poland 6 35 01 20 3319 6 O K C Boutiette United States 6 37 29 22 6120 8 I Jens Boden Germany 6 38 34 23 6621 6 I Kesato Miyazaki Japan 6 40 03 25 3522 5 I Steven Elm Canada 6 41 53 26 8523 4 O Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 6 42 25 27 5724 3 I Justin Warsylewicz Canada 6 43 74 29 0625 2 O Gao Xuefeng China 6 44 78 30 1026 1 I Claudiu Grozea Romania 6 50 29 35 6127 4 I Takahiro Ushiyama Japan 6 51 53 36 8528 2 I Yeo Sang yeop South Korea 6 58 13 43 45Lap times Edit Lap times for the three best athletes shown graphically Chad Hedrick United States 18 64 29 03 29 46 29 26 29 23 29 34 29 52 29 45 29 71 29 95 30 19 30 20 30 70 6 14 68 Sven Kramer Netherlands 18 45 28 63 29 59 29 83 29 95 29 82 30 08 29 75 30 07 29 95 30 04 30 27 29 97 6 16 40 1 72 Enrico Fabris Italy 18 70 29 40 30 09 30 20 29 86 30 43 30 29 30 35 30 22 29 90 29 85 29 71 29 25 6 18 25 3 57 Carl Verheijen Netherlands 18 49 28 93 29 81 30 04 29 93 29 94 29 82 30 02 30 23 29 98 30 42 30 66 30 57 6 18 84 4 16 Arne Dankers Canada 19 43 29 00 29 33 29 75 29 80 30 09 30 16 30 33 30 36 30 59 30 65 30 83 30 94 6 21 26 6 58 Bob de Jong Netherlands 19 58 29 67 30 30 30 28 30 00 30 11 30 03 30 07 30 11 30 22 30 35 30 54 30 86 6 22 12 7 44 Shani Davis United States 18 37 28 38 29 49 30 08 30 34 30 05 30 54 30 36 30 61 30 67 31 08 30 90 32 21 6 23 08 8 40 Oystein Grodum Norway 19 31 29 01 29 73 29 77 30 09 30 24 30 55 30 48 30 66 30 67 31 28 31 21 31 21 6 24 21 9 53 Lasse Saetre Norway 19 38 29 80 30 12 30 02 30 13 30 19 30 23 30 19 30 51 30 70 31 20 31 24 31 44 6 25 15 10 47 Eskil Ervik Norway 18 64 29 77 29 97 29 97 30 52 29 87 30 76 30 72 31 11 30 86 31 55 31 51 31 66 6 26 91 12 23 Detailed results Edit Skater in inner pair on first lap listed first Claudiu Grozea ROM Bart Veldkamp BEL After running even with the Romanian for the first 200 metres from the outside lane Veldkamp started with two sub 30 laps and despite going up in lap times for the whole race and ending with a lap of 32 84 Veldkamp finished in 6 32 02 18 seconds ahead of his Romanian compatriot Yeo Sang yeop KOR Gao Xuefeng CHN Neither of the Asians had the stamina to catch Veldkamp though Yeo was two seconds behind after 3 5 laps and skated his first four full laps under 30 seconds he finished with his last four laps in 36 seconds and ended with the worst time yet 6 58 13 Gao held better with a last lap of 34 10 and finished in second place with 6 44 78 Justin Warsylewicz CAN Stefano Donagrandi ITA Warsylewicz who clocked the first 3 000 metres in 3 54 51 was only 0 6 seconds behind Donagrandi then However he finished with laps of 34 and 35 Donagrandi kept his lap times better only bursting into 32 on his penultimate lap and went into second place with 6 33 45 over 10 seconds ahead of Warsylewicz Takahiro Ushiyama JPN Dmitry Babenko KAZ Two more Asians Babenko won the battle placing third after four pairs with 6 42 25 while Ushiyama fell behind in the first few hundred metres and eventually clocked 6 51 53 which was to be the second worst time of the day Steven Elm CAN Pawel Zygmunt POL Zygmunt took an early lead and remained ahead for the entire race as the Canadian went into 31 on the third full lap and 32 on the fifth Zygmunt did not break 31 until the sixth lap With three laps to go Zygmunt was 0 08 behind second placed Donagrandi however a last lap of 33 61 spoiled his chance of a second place thus far as he clocked 6 35 01 Elm placed fourth a further six seconds adrift Kesato Miyazaki JPN K C Boutiette USA Miyazaki the last Asian also records the best time of any Asian skater in the race however Boutiette kept ahead from the start and despite losing time mid race with a worst lap of 32 45 he went under 32 again for the penultimate lap Boutiette eventually placed fourth with 6 37 29 while Miyazaki a further three seconds adrift was fifth Johan Rojler SWE Lasse Saetre NOR The Scandinavians both better the leading time of Veldkamp who was finally dethroned after six pairs in the lead Rojler led the pair until 3 000 metres when Saetre took over clocking a time of 3 50 06 1 4 seconds ahead of Veldkamp Saetre went up from 30 19 on the seventh lap to 31 44 on the final lap but still extended his lead over Veldkamp to 6 88 seconds Rojler s time of 6 29 24 puts him between the two Jens Boden GER Oystein Grodum NOR Grodum gained 0 86 seconds on the leader Saetre on the first 600 metres and didn t give them away skating a race broadly similar to Saetre s The German who won a bronze medal at Salt Lake City in 2002 skates his last five laps above 32 seconds and his time of 6 38 34 was only enough for eighth place Ivan Skobrev RUS Ippolito Sanfratello ITA Skobrev kept slightly behind Grodum and slightly ahead of his pairmate for most of the race his final laps cost him a few tenths to Grodum and he eventually finished in 6 27 02 three seconds behind the Norwegian Sanfratello was within half a second until 3 000 metres but went over 32 seconds towards the end and his time of 6 32 58 was also behind Veldkamp for a fifth place thus far Yury Kokhanets RUS Artyom Detyshev RUS Skobrev remains the best Russian after this all Russian pairing neither could keep their laps below 32 for the entire race with Kokhanets skating seven laps between 31 and 32 Detyshev skated the first seven full laps below 31 but finished in 33 16 keeping Kokhanets 1 77 seconds behind him as they go into sixth and eighth place respectively Carl Verheijen NED Sven Kramer NED Kramer and Verheijen had taken a 1 2 at the Salt Lake City World Cup event in November 2005 when Kramer set a world record now Kramer clocked his first 600 metres in just over 47 seconds 1 3 seconds ahead of leader Grodum With a worst lap of 30 27 and all but four of his laps below 30 Kramer eventually betters the leading time by eight seconds to end with 6 16 40 Verheijen was not much worse but lost 1 5 seconds on the final two kilometres and ended with 6 18 84 Bob de Jong NED Chad Hedrick USA Hedrick took the lead by eight tenths out of his first outer curve and just extended that lead as de Jong could only keep below 30 on his first full lap and ended with 6 22 12 Hedrick had caught up with Kramer by 1 400 metres after laps of 29 5 29 3 and 29 2 seconds and his six next laps were also below 30 as he took a lead of 2 5 seconds with three laps to go He lost somewhat towards the end and a last lap of 30 70 prevented him from skating under Jochem Uytdehaage s Olympic record of 6 14 66 he finished 0 02 seconds behind it Arne Dankers CAN Shani Davis USA Davis the leader of the World Cup on 1 000 metres 3 clocked the fastest first 600 metres of the day with 46 75 However after a first full lap of 28 38 the fastest of the day Davis trailed off and the second lap following that went slower than 30 seconds Dankers overtook him with three laps to go and kept his lap times below 31 to go into fourth place with 6 21 26 while Davis last lap of 32 21 sent him in 0 96 seconds behind Bob de Jong and into sixth place Enrico Fabris ITA Eskil Ervik NOR Fabris the European all round champion of 2006 paired up with the winner of the 5 000 metres at that event After the two exchanged the lead for the first 2 000 metres Fabris gained on his pairmate who had two laps around 30 75 but by 3 000 metres Fabris was more than five seconds behind the leading time However Fabris skated progressively faster for his last five laps and his last lap of 29 25 was his fastest of the entire race he was the only skater to achieve this It also brought him in 0 59 seconds ahead of Verheijen to clinch bronze Ervik Norway s best by the World Cup standings 3 completed his last three laps with times above 31 5 seconds and finished in tenth place worst of the Norwegians with 6 26 91 References Edit Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games Men s 5 000 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 7 November 2019 a b Torino 2006 Official Report Speed Skating PDF Torino Organizing Committee LA84 Foundation March 2009 Retrieved 20 May 2009 a b Weltcupstand 2005 2006 Archived 1 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine from desg de retrieved 11 February 2006External links Edit Results of the 2006 Olympic Games 5000 meters Men SpeedSkatingStats com Retrieved 27 August 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Men 27s 5000 metres amp oldid 1085406178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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