Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay


The men's 5000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateRoundTeamTimeORWR
13 FebruaryHeat 1
Éric Bédard
Marc Gagnon
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte		6:45.455OR

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 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
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1Éric Bédard
Marc Gagnon
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte		6:45.455QA
2Li Jiajun
Feng Kai
Guo Wei
An Yulong		6:46.625QA
3Takafumi Nishitani
Satoru Terao
Naoya Tamura
Takehiro Kodera		6:50.925QB
4Pieter Gysel
Simon Van Vossel
Ward Janssens
Wim De Deyne		6:56.389QB

;Semifinal 2
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1Ron Biondo
Apolo Anton Ohno
Rusty Smith
Dan Weinstein		7:09.788QA
2Nicola Franceschina
Nicola Rodigari
Fabio Carta
Michele Antonioli		7:10.788QA
3Steven Bradbury
Alex McEwan
Andrew McNee
Stephen Lee		7:19.177QB
–Kim Dong-sung
Min Ryoung
Lee Seung-jae
Oh Se-jong		DQ

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while three others raced in Final B.
;Final A
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
Marc Gagnon
Jonathan Guilmette
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte		6:51.579
Nicola Franceschina
Nicola Rodigari
Fabio Carta
Maurizio Carnino		6:56.327
Li Jiajun
Feng Kai
Guo Wei
Li Ye		6:59.633
4Ron Biondo
Apolo Anton Ohno
Rusty Smith
Dan Weinstein		7:03.926

;Final B
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
5Takafumi Nishitani
Satoru Terao
Yugo Shinohara
Takehiro Kodera		7:19.893
6Steven Bradbury
Alex McEwan
Andrew McNee
Stephen Lee		7:45.271
–Pieter Gysel
Simon Van Vossel
Ward Janssens
Wim De Deyne		DQ