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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1998 Olympic Speed Skating Medalists
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