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Men's 5000m relay
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueHamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates24–26 February
Competitors33 from 8 nations
Winning time7:11.74
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
Maurizio Carnino
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Mirko Vuillermin
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Randy Bartz
John Coyle
Eric Flaim
Andy Gabel
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia
Steven Bradbury
Kieran Hansen
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
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Short-track speed skating at the
1994 Winter Olympics
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The men's 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 24 and 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 24 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.

Semifinal 1
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1  Italy Maurizio Carnino
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Mirko Vuillermin
7:13.34 QA OR
2  United States Randy Bartz
John Coyle
Eric Flaim
Andy Gabel
7:18.58 QA
3  China Li Jiajun
Li Lianli
Yang He
Zhang Hongbo
7:19.66 QB
4  Norway Bjørnar Elgetun
Gisle Elvebakken
Morten Staubo
Øystein Carlsen
7:25.73 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1  Canada Frédéric Blackburn
Derrick Campbell
Marc Gagnon
Stephen Gough
7:13.76 QA
2  Australia Steven Bradbury
Kieran Hansen
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:14.41 QA
3  Japan Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Satoru Terao
Jun Uematsu
7:15.85 QB
4  New Zealand Mike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
7:21.58 QB

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.

Final A
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Maurizio Carnino
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Mirko Vuillermin
7:11.74 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Randy Bartz
John Coyle
Eric Flaim
Andy Gabel
7:13.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia Steven Bradbury
Kieran Hansen
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski
7:13.68
4  Canada Frédéric Blackburn
Derrick Campbell
Marc Gagnon
Stephen Gough
7:20.40
Final B
Rank Country Athlete Result Notes
5  Japan Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Satoru Terao
Jun Uematsu
7:19.11
6  Norway Bjørnar Elgetun
Gisle Elvebakken
Morten Staubo
Tore Klevstuen
7:24.29
 China Li Jiajun
Li Lianli
Yang He
Zhang Hongbo
DQ
 New Zealand Mike McMillen
Andrew Nicholson
Chris Nicholson
Tony Smith
DQ

References

  1. ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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