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

Women's 5000 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue M-Wave
Dates February 20
Competitors 16 from 9 nations
Winning time 6:59.61 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lyudmila Prokasheva
 Kazakhstan

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, 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)7:03.26Calgary, Canada26 March 1994
Olympic record Yvonne van Gennip (NED)7:14.13Calgary, Canada28 February 1988

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

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
20 FebruaryPair 2Tonny de Jong Netherlands7:12.77OR
20 FebruaryPair 5Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan7:11.14OR
20 FebruaryPair 7Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany6:59.65ORWR
20 FebruaryPair 8Claudia Pechstein Germany6:59.61ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairNameCountryTimeBehindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)8Claudia Pechstein Germany6:59.61-(WR)
2nd, silver medalist(s)7Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany6:59.65+0.04
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan7:11.14+11.53
46Barbara de Loor Netherlands7:11.81+12.20
52Tonny de Jong Netherlands7:12.77+13.16
63Carla Zijlstra Netherlands7:12.89+13.28
75Kirstin Holum United States7:14.20+14.59
86Emese Hunyady Austria7:15.23+15.62
94Elena Belci Italy7:15.58+15.97
107Jennifer Rodriguez United States7:16.78+17.17
111Mie Uehara Japan7:21.72+22.11
123Svetlana Vysokova Russia7:22.18+22.58
131Anette Tønsberg Norway7:28.39+28.78
148Hieke Warnicke Germany7:30.83+31.22
152Nami Nemoto Japan7:36.77+37.16

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 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.
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