Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 20
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time6:59.61
Medalists
   Germany
   Germany
   Kazakhstan
Speed skating at the
1998 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the M-Wave.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) 7:03.26 Calgary, Canada 26 March 1994
Olympic record  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 7:14.13 Calgary, Canada 28 February 1988

The following new World and Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
20 February Pair 2 Tonny de Jong Netherlands 7:12.77 OR
20 February Pair 5 Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan 7:11.14 OR
20 February Pair 7 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany 6:59.65 OR WR
20 February Pair 8 Claudia Pechstein Germany 6:59.61 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
1st 8 Claudia Pechstein Germany 6:59.61 - (WR)
2nd 7 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany 6:59.65 +0.04
3rd 5 Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan 7:11.14 +11.53
4 6 Barbara de Loor Netherlands 7:11.81 +12.20
5 2 Tonny de Jong Netherlands 7:12.77 +13.16
6 3 Carla Zijlstra Netherlands 7:12.89 +13.28
7 5 Kirstin Holum United States 7:14.20 +14.59
8 6 Emese Hunyady Austria 7:15.23 +15.62
9 4 Elena Belci Italy 7:15.58 +15.97
10 7 Jennifer Rodriguez United States 7:16.78 +17.17
11 1 Mie Uehara Japan 7:21.72 +22.11
12 3 Svetlana Vysokova Russia 7:22.18 +22.58
13 1 Anette Tønsberg Norway 7:28.39 +28.78
14 8 Hieke Warnicke Germany 7:30.83 +31.22
15 2 Nami Nemoto Japan 7:36.77 +37.16

References

  1. 1 2 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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