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.
Date Round Team Time OR WR 13 February Heat 1 Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte 6:45.455 OR
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 Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte 6:45.455 QA 2 Li Jiajun Feng Kai Guo Wei An Yulong 6:46.625 QA 3 Takafumi Nishitani Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera 6:50.925 QB 4 Pieter Gysel Simon Van Vossel Ward Janssens Wim De Deyne 6:56.389 QB
Semifinal 2 Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 Ron Biondo Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith Dan Weinstein 7:09.788 QA 2 Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari Fabio Carta Michele Antonioli 7:10.788 QA 3 Steven Bradbury Alex McEwan Andrew McNee Stephen Lee 7:19.177 QB – 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 Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 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 4 Ron Biondo Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith Dan Weinstein 7:03.926
Final B Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 5 Takafumi Nishitani Satoru Terao Yugo Shinohara Takehiro Kodera 7:19.893 6 Steven Bradbury Alex McEwan Andrew McNee Stephen Lee 7:45.271 – Pieter Gysel Simon Van Vossel Ward Janssens Wim De Deyne DQ
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