1998 Men's Olympic Speed Skating Medalists
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
500 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN | 71.35 | |
| 2 | Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN | 71.84 | |
| 3 | Kevin Overland, CAN | 71.86 |
Best USA: 23rd, Marc Pelchat (73.35); 25th, David Cruikshank (73.53).
Note: Times reflected are a combination of two heats with each skater racing once on the inside lane and once in the outside lane.
1000 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ids Postma, NET | 1:10.64 | OR |
| 2 | Jan Bos, NET | 1:10.71 | |
| 3 | Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN | 1:11.00 |
Top 10 USA: 7th, Casey Fitzrandolph (1:11.64); 8th, KC Boutiette (1:11.75).
1500 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aadne Sondral, NOR | 1:47.87 | WR |
| 2 | Ids Postma, NET | 1:48.13 | |
| 3 | Rintje Ritsma, NET | 1:48.52 |
Top 10 USA: 5th, KC Boutiette (1:50.04).
5000 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianni Romme, NET | 6:22.20 | WR |
| 2 | Rintje Ritsma, NET | 6:28.24 | |
| 3 | Bart Veldkamp, BEL | 6:28.31 |
Best USA: 14th, KC Boutiette (6:39.67), 16th, David Tamburrino (6:41.19).
10,000 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianni Romme, NET | 13:15.33 | WR |
| 2 | Bob De Jong, NET | 13:25.76 | |
| 3 | Rintje Ritsma, NET | 13:28.19 |
Top 10 USA: 8th, KC Boutiette (13:44.03).
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