5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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The 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a long-distance ice racing event in Lake Placid notably won by American skater Eric Heiden during his historic gold-medal sweep.
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| 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16891642 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics Context triple: [Eric Heiden, competedInEvent, 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics]
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1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a men’s speed skating event notably won by American skater Eric Heiden as part of his historic sweep of all five speed skating gold medals.
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5000 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
The 5000 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a long-distance ice speed skating event held in St. Moritz as part of the Games' speed skating program.
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5000 m speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics
5000 m speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics was a long-distance speed skating event at the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix, notable for featuring top skaters such as Clas Thunberg.
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500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event at the St. Moritz Games, notable for featuring Finnish skater Clas Thunberg among its champions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics Target entity description: The 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a long-distance ice racing event in Lake Placid notably won by American skater Eric Heiden during his historic gold-medal sweep.
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A.
1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a men’s speed skating event notably won by American skater Eric Heiden as part of his historic sweep of all five speed skating gold medals.
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B.
5000 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
The 5000 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a long-distance ice speed skating event held in St. Moritz as part of the Games' speed skating program.
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C.
5000 m speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics
5000 m speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics was a long-distance speed skating event at the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix, notable for featuring top skaters such as Clas Thunberg.
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D.
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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E.
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event at the St. Moritz Games, notable for featuring Finnish skater Clas Thunberg among its champions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Eric Heiden set multiple Olympic and world records in speed skating
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wonGoldMedalInEvent
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5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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subject surface form:
Eric Heiden