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

Women's 5000 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 20th, 1998
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time6:59.61 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lyudmila Prokasheva
 Kazakhstan
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The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on February 20, at the M-Wave.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record  Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (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
February 20 Pair 2 Tonny de Jong  Netherlands 7:12.77 OR
February 20 Pair 5 Lyudmila Prokasheva  Kazakhstan 7:11.14 OR
February 20 Pair 7 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany 6:59.65 OR WR
February 20 Pair 8 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 6:59.61 OR WR

Results

[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.