| Date | 22 – 25 February 1988 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic (non-medal) |
| Location | Max Bell Arena, Calgary |
| Participants | 24 from 6 countries |
This race was expected to be a contest between Italy and the Netherlands. The Dutch had won the relay at the European Championships in January, setting a world record of 7:22.12 in the progress. At the World Championships, just prior to the Olympics, their skaters had done very well, claiming first, second and fourth place in the all-around. Yet in the relay competition, they were edged out by the Italians. In Calgary, the Dutchmen again prevailed, beating the Italians by a full second.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Final Position | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |  NED | 7:29.05 | ||||||
| Charles Veldhoven • Peter van der Velde • Jaco Mos • Richard Suyten | |||||||||
| 2 | Italy |  ITA | 7:30.39 | ||||||
| Bob Peretti • Enrico Peretti • Orazio Fagone • Hugo Herrnhof | |||||||||
| 3 | Canada |  CAN | 7:35.47 | ||||||
| Louis Grenier • Robert Dubreuil • Mario Vincent • Michel Daignault | |||||||||
| 4 | United States |  USA | 7:47.59 | ||||||
| Andy Gabel • Pat Moore • Brian Arseneau • Dave Besteman | |||||||||
| 5 | Japan |  JPN | 4:29.87 | ||||||
| Yuichi Akasaka • Toshinobu Kawai • Tsutomu Kawasaki • Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | |||||||||
| 6 | Great Britain |  GBR | 4:47.06 | ||||||
| Robert Blair • Wilf O'Reilly • Ian Ellis • Stuart Horsepool | |||||||||
| Date | 22 February 1988 — 21:45 |
|---|---|
| Format | 3,000 metres in round one. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | NED | 4:26.60 | |||||
| Charles Veldhoven • Peter van der Velde • Jaco Mos • Richard Suyten | ||||||||
| 2 | Canada | CAN | 4:27.93 | |||||
| Louis Grenier • Robert Dubreuil • Mario Vincent • Michel Daignault | ||||||||
| 3 | Japan | JPN | 4:29.87 | |||||
| Yuichi Akasaka • Toshinobu Kawai • Tsutomu Kawasaki • Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | ||||||||
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | ITA | 4:33.65 | |||||
| Bob Peretti • Enrico Peretti • Orazio Fagone • Hugo Herrnhof | ||||||||
| 2 | United States | USA | 4:35.31 | |||||
| Andy Gabel • Pat Moore • Brian Arseneau • Dave Besteman | ||||||||
| 3 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:47.06 | |||||
| Robert Blair • Wilf O'Reilly • Ian Ellis • Stuart Horsepool | ||||||||
| Date | 25 February 1988 — 20:40 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | NED | 7:29.05 | |||||
| Charles Veldhoven • Peter van der Velde • Jaco Mos • Richard Suyten | ||||||||
| 2 | Italy | ITA | 7:30.39 | |||||
| Bob Peretti • Enrico Peretti • Orazio Fagone • Hugo Herrnhof | ||||||||
| 3 | Canada | CAN | 7:35.47 | |||||
| Louis Grenier • Robert Dubreuil • Mario Vincent • Michel Daignault | ||||||||
| 4 | United States | USA | 7:47.59 | |||||
| Andy Gabel • Pat Moore • Brian Arseneau • Dave Besteman | ||||||||
