Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres explained

The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^{[3] [4]}

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind
	1	i			7:12.28	-
	4	i			7:12.30	+0.02
	7	i			7:17.49	+5.21
4	4	o			7:17.63	+5.35
5	3	i			7:17.96	+5.68
6	12	o			7:17.97	+5.69
7	2	o			7:18.27	+5.99
8	7	o			7:18.61	+6.33
9	1	o			7:19.39	+7.11
10	3	o			7:20.24	+7.96
11	10	o			7:24.59	+12.31
12	11	o			7:24.81	+12.53
13	9	o			7:25.07	+12.79
14	8	o			7:25.19	+12.91
15	5	o			7:25.54	+13.26
16	8	i			7:26.57	+14.29
17	6	i			7:28.17	+15.89
18	5	i			7:29.98	+17.70
19	12	i			7:32.69	+20.41
20	13	i			7:32.72	+20.44
21	17	o			7:34.32	+22.04
22	11	i			7:36.87	+24.59
23	17	i			7:37.49	+25.21
24	10	o			7:37.94	+25.66
25	14	o			7:38.08	+25.80
26	15	i			7:38.16	+25.88
27	15	o			7:39.17	+26.89
28	20	i			7:40.90	+28.62
29	9	i			7:41.69	+29.41
30	14	i			7:42.45	+30.17
31	20	o			7:44.60	+32.32
32	2	i				+33.66
33	16	i			7:46.12	+33.84
34	16	o			7:46.68	+34.40
35	18	i			7:46.91	+34.63
36	6	o			7:47.25	+34.97
37	19	o			7:50.33	+38.05
38	21	o			7:50.39	+38.11
39	13	o			7:50.82	+38.54
40	18	o			7:55.70	+43.42
41	19	i			8:01.44	+49.16
	21	i				–

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarajevo 1984 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. 1984. 29 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181710/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-5000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 2 November 2019.
3. Web site: 5000m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. 1 November 2016.
4. Web site: 5000m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. 1 November 2016.