Bob de Jong explained

Bob de Jong
Headercolor:	d7ecff
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	13 November 1976
Birth Place:	Leimuiden, Netherlands
Height:	1.81 m
Weight:	82 kg
Country:	Netherlands
Retired:	2016
Pb:	500 m: 37.86 (2001) 1000 m: 1:18.74 (1996) 1500 m: 1:48.22 (2005) 3000 m: 3:42.51 (2002) 5000 m: 6:08.76 (2009) 10 000 m: 12:48.20 (2011)

Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong (born 13 November 1976) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in long distances: five and ten kilometers.

Speed skating career

In 2006, he won the gold medal for the ten kilometer race at the Olympic Games in Turin, with a personal record of 13:01.57, beating world record holder Chad Hedrick and Carl Verheijen. He also skated in the men's 5000 m event and placed 6th. In 1998, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 m and 4th in the men's 5000 m.^[1] In 2010, he won the bronze medal in the men's 10,000 m. and in his fifth Olympics in 2014 he took his second Olympic Bronze in 10,000 m event.

After winning a bronze medal in the 10,000 m at the 2010 Olympic Games, de Jong, at age 37, won another bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi in the 10,000 m becoming the oldest male competitor in 86 years to win speed skating medal at the Olympics.^[2] ^[3]

Records

Personal records

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[4]

De Jong has a score of 149.086 on the adelskalender.^[5] His highest ranking was 4th between 17 March 2001 and 20 October 2001.^[6]

World records

Result	Date	Notes
3:53.06	8 March 1996	Junior world record until 19 March 1999
6:37.55	10 March 1996	Junior world record until 20 March 1999
3:53.06	8 March 1996	World record until 25 February 1998

World records skated at sea level venues (unofficial)

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
	3:52.14	27 October 2001		World record until 16 November 2002
	6:19.94	9 November 2003		World record until 14 November 2004

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Allround	Olympic Games	World Championships Junior Allround	World Cup
1994–95	11th 1500m 4th 5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		35th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
1995–96	7th 1500m 5000m 10000m	17th 500m 5000m 9th 1500m 5000m 5th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		29th 500m 3000m 10th 1500m 5000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
1996–97	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		24th 500m 4th 5000m 19th 1500m 4th 10000m 10th overall	10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
1997–98	15th 1500m 5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5th 5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
1998–99	6th 5000m 10000m	19th 500m 5000m 13th 1500m 10000m overall	5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
1999–2000	5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2000–01	5000m 10000m	16th 500m 5000m 13th 1500m 4th 10000m 8th overall	5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2001–02	14th 1500m 5000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2002–03	10th 1500m 5th 5000m 10000m	22nd 500m 5000m 14th 1500m 10000m 7th overall	5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2003–04	10th 1500m 5000m 10000m	17th 500m 5000m 15th 1500m 10000m 8th overall	6th 5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2004–05	22nd 1500m 5000m 10000m	24th 500m 4th 5000m 9th 1500m 10000m 12th overall	5000m 10000m		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2005–06	23rd 1500m 5000m 10000m	22nd 500m 5000m 9th 1500m 10000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE				bgcolor=#EEEEEE		7th 5000/10000m
2006–07	5000m 10000m		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5th 5000/10000m
2007–08	5th 5000m 10000m		10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		4th 5000/10000m
2008–09	4th 5000m 10000m		5th 5000m 10000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2009–10			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2010–11		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2011–12		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2012–13				bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2013–14			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		9th 5000/10000m
2014–15			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		5000/10000m
2015–16		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		30th 5000/10000m

WD = withdrew

NC = no classification

DQ = disqualified

DNS = did not startsource:^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

World Cup

5000 meter/10000 meter
8th	8th*				5th
		5th	9th*		8h
10th	4th*		6th

7th			4th
		4th	5th*		11th

				6th
	4th	4th*
4th	6th	9th*	9th	–
5th	5th	4th*	11th	6th	8th
10th	4th		5th		19th
4th	5th				5th
					8th
	4th
	7th
4th	4th
		–	11th	5th	–
4th		4th	4th	11th	6th
–	–	10th	–	–	–

* = 10000 meter

Source:^[11]

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	8	11	12
	0	0	2
	7	8	5
	0	0	0
	1	1	2

External links

Notes and References

Web site: At the 2002 Winter Olympics] in Salt Lake City, Utah, he placed 15th in the men's 10,000 m and 30th in the men's 5000 m. Bob de Jong ]. 2006 Winter Olympics profile . . 2007-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010093740/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/nld/Bob%2Bde%2BJong/604675 . 2012-10-10 . dead .
Web site: Men's 10000 m : Speed Skating Men's 10000 m . Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics . www.sochi2014.com . 2014-02-18 . 2014-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129072537/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-10000-m . dead .
Web site: Longest skating race destined for Dutch triple . sportsillstrated.cnn.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222144310/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2014/olympics/wires/02/17/2090.ap.oly.spd.longest.race/ . dead . February 22, 2014 . 2014-02-17.
Web site: Bob de Jong. speedskatingresults.com. 27 February 2012.
Web site: Adelskalender: Big combination Men. 12 March 2011. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/d3k.htm web.telia.com
Web site: Bob de Jong. speedskatingstats.com . 16 November 2022.
Web site: Bob de Jong. speedskatingnews.info . 23 November 2022.
Web site: Bob de Jong. speedskatingresults.com . 23 November 2022.
Web site: International Skating Union. ISU.org. 23 November 2022.
Web site: Skater Profile | Bob de Jong | Men | Netherlands.