The men's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 11 February, the first day of competition at the Olympics. The American Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater, began his quest to emulate Eric Heiden by taking five gold medals by racing a time of 6:14.68, 0.02 second behind the four-year-old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage, which was enough to clinch gold. Dutchman Sven Kramer won the silver medal, 1.72 seconds adrift, while home skater Enrico Fabris claimed Italy's first medal by skating home the bronze in the last pair.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition. Although, American Chad Hedrick missed out on the Olympic record by just 0.02 second.
Results
Lap times
Chad Hedrick, United States, (18.64 – 29.03 – 29.46 – 29.26 – 29.23 – 29.34 – 29.52 – 29.45 – 29.71 – 29.95 – 30.19 – 30.20 – 30.70) 6:14.68 Sven Kramer, Netherlands, (18.45 – 28.63 – 29.59 – 29.83 – 29.95 – 29.82 – 30.08 – 29.75 – 30.07 – 29.95 – 30.04 – 30.27 – 29.97) 6:16.40 (+ 1.72) Enrico Fabris, Italy, (18.70 – 29.40 – 30.09 – 30.20 – 29.86 – 30.43 – 30.29 – 30.35 – 30.22 – 29.90 – 29.85 – 29.71 – 29.25) 6:18.25 (+ 3.57) Carl Verheijen, Netherlands, (18.49 – 28.93 – 29.81 – 30.04 – 29.93 – 29.94 – 29.82 – 30.02 – 30.23 – 29.98 – 30.42 – 30.66 – 30.57) 6:18.84 (+ 4.16) Arne Dankers, Canada, (19.43 – 29.00 – 29.33 – 29.75 – 29.80 – 30.09 – 30.16 – 30.33 – 30.36 – 30.59 – 30.65 – 30.83 – 30.94) 6:21.26 (+ 6.58) Bob de Jong, Netherlands, (19.58 – 29.67 – 30.30 – 30.28 – 30.00 – 30.11 – 30.03 – 30.07 – 30.11 – 30.22 – 30.35 – 30.54 – 30.86) 6:22.12 (+ 7.44) Shani Davis, United States, (18.37 – 28.38 – 29.49 – 30.08 – 30.34 – 30.05 – 30.54 – 30.36 – 30.61 – 30.67 – 31.08 – 30.90 – 32.21) 6:23.08 (+ 8.40) Øystein Grødum, Norway, (19.31 – 29.01 – 29.73 – 29.77 – 30.09 – 30.24 – 30.55 – 30.48 – 30.66 – 30.67 – 31.28 – 31.21 – 31.21) 6:24.21 (+ 9.53) Lasse Sætre, Norway, (19.38 – 29.80 – 30.12 – 30.02 – 30.13 – 30.19 – 30.23 – 30.19 – 30.51 – 30.70 – 31.20 – 31.24 – 31.44) 6:25.15 (+ 10.47) Eskil Ervik, Norway, (18.64 – 29.77 – 29.97 – 29.97 – 30.52 – 29.87 – 30.76 – 30.72 – 31.11 – 30.86 – 31.55 – 31.51 – 31.66) 6:26.91 (+ 12.23)