The men's 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 21 February at the White Ring.
Results Semifinals The semifinals were held on 19 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 Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon 7:05.766 QA 2 Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong 7:05.797 QA 3 Nicky Gooch Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe Robert Mitchell 7:11.955 QB 4 Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera Yugo Shinohara 7:17.223 QB
Semifinal 2 Rank Country Athlete Result Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung 7:07.457 QA 2 Michele Antonioli Maurizio Carnino Fabio Carta Nicola Franceschina 7:07.770 QA 3 Steven Bradbury Richard Goerlitz Kieran Hansen Richard Nizielski 7:11.691 QB 4 Andy Gabel Tommy O'Hare Rusty Smith Eric Flaim 7:16.724 QB
Finals The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.
Final A Rank Country Athlete Result Notes Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon 7:06.075 Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung 7:06.776 Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong 7:11.559 4 Michele Antonioli Maurizio Carnino Fabio Carta Diego Cattani 7:15.212
Final B Rank Country Athlete Result Notes 5 Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera Yugo Shinohara 7:01.660 6 Andy Gabel Tommy O'Hare Rusty Smith Eric Flaim 7:02.014 7 Dave Allardice Nicky Gooch Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe 7:06.462 8 Steven Bradbury Richard Goerlitz Kieran Hansen Richard Nizielski 7:15.907
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