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5,000 metre relay, Men

Date22 – 25 February 1988
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationMax Bell Arena, Calgary
Participants24 from 6 countries

This race was expected to be a contest between Italy and the Netherlands. The Dutch had won the relay at the European Championships in January, setting a world record of 7:22.12 in the progress. At the World Championships, just prior to the Olympics, their skaters had done very well, claiming first, second and fourth place in the all-around. Yet in the relay competition, they were edged out by the Italians. In Calgary, the Dutchmen again prevailed, beating the Italians by a full second.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCFPSPBest Time
1NetherlandsNED7:29.05
Charles VeldhovenPeter van der VeldeJaco MosRichard Suyten
2ItalyITA7:30.39
Bob PerettiEnrico PerettiOrazio FagoneHugo Herrnhof
3CanadaCAN7:35.47
Louis GrenierRobert DubreuilMario VincentMichel Daignault
4United StatesUSA7:47.59
Andy GabelPat MooreBrian ArseneauDave Besteman
5JapanJPN4:29.87
Yuichi AkasakaToshinobu KawaiTsutomu KawasakiTatsuyoshi Ishihara
6Great BritainGBR4:47.06
Robert BlairWilf O'ReillyIan EllisStuart Horsepool

Round One (22 February 1988 — 21:45)

3,000 metres in round one

Heat One

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTime
1NetherlandsNED4:26.60Q
Charles VeldhovenPeter van der VeldeJaco MosRichard Suyten
2CanadaCAN4:27.93Q
Louis GrenierRobert DubreuilMario VincentMichel Daignault
3JapanJPN4:29.87
Yuichi AkasakaToshinobu KawaiTsutomu KawasakiTatsuyoshi Ishihara

Heat Two

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTime
1ItalyITA4:33.65
Bob PerettiEnrico PerettiOrazio FagoneHugo Herrnhof
2United StatesUSA4:35.31
Andy GabelPat MooreBrian ArseneauDave Besteman
3Great BritainGBR4:47.06
Robert BlairWilf O'ReillyIan EllisStuart Horsepool

Final Round (25 February 1988 — 20:40)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTime
1NetherlandsNED7:29.05
Charles VeldhovenPeter van der VeldeJaco MosRichard Suyten
2ItalyITA7:30.39
Bob PerettiEnrico PerettiOrazio FagoneHugo Herrnhof
3CanadaCAN7:35.47
Louis GrenierRobert DubreuilMario VincentMichel Daignault
4United StatesUSA7:47.59
Andy GabelPat MooreBrian ArseneauDave Besteman