The Men’s 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The race was won by Hungary, this was Hungary's first ever Winter Olympics gold medal.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Two Olympic records were set during the competition.
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref 13 February Semifinal 2 Hwang Dae-heonKim Do-kyoumKwak Yoon-gyLim Hyo-jun 6:34.510 OR 22 February Final 2 Shaoang LiuShaolin Sándor LiuViktor KnochCsaba Burján 6:31.971 OR
Results Semifinals The semifinals were held on 13 February.
QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B PEN – penalty
Rank Semifinal Country Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Wu DajingHan TianyuRen ZiweiXu Hongzhi 6:36.605 QA 2 1 Samuel GirardCharles HamelinCharle CournoyerPascal Dion 6:41.042 QA 3 1 Denis NikishaNurbergen ZhumagaziyevAbzal AzhgaliyevYerkebulan Shamukhanov 6:47.727 QB 1 Sjinkie KnegtDaan BreeuwsmaItzhak de LaatDennis Visser PEN 1 2 Hwang Dae-heonKim Do-kyoumKwak Yoon-gyLim Hyo-jun 6:34.510 QA, OR 2 2 Shaoang LiuShaolin Sándor LiuViktor KnochCsaba Burján 6:34.866 QA 3 2 J. R. CelskiJohn-Henry KruegerThomas HongAaron Tran 6:36.867 QB 4 2 Keita WatanabeRyosuke SakazumeKazuki YoshinagaHiroki Yokoyama 6:42.655 QB
Finals Final B (classification round) Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 5 J. R. CelskiJohn-Henry KruegerThomas HongAaron Tran 6:52.708 6 Denis NikishaNurbergen ZhumagaziyevAbzal AzhgaliyevYerkebulan Shamukhanov 6:52.791 7 Keita WatanabeRyosuke SakazumeKazuki YoshinagaHiroki Yokoyama 7:02.554
Final A (medal round) The final was held on 22 February.
Rank Country Athletes Time Notes Shaoang LiuShaolin Sándor LiuViktor KnochCsaba Burján 6:31.971 OR Wu DajingHan TianyuXu HongzhiChen Dequan 6:32.035 Samuel GirardCharles HamelinCharle CournoyerPascal Dion 6:32.282 4 Seo Yi-raKim Do-kyoumKwak Yoon-gyLim Hyo-jun 6:42.118
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