Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram of speed skating
Venue Adler Arena Skating Center
Date 19 February 2014
Competitors 16 from 9 nations
Winning time 6:51.54
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Carien Kleibeuker  Netherlands

The women's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 19 February 2014.[1]

Qualification

A total of sixteen speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of three skaters per country. The top 10 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional six spots were awarded based on a time ranking of the World Cup 5000 metres race in Astana. A reserve list was also made.[2]

By virtue of Ivanie Blondin's top eight classification at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres in the pre-olympic season, Canada was given a wildcard at the expense of number 16 Mari Hemmer (who would have secured Norway a second spot).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Martina Sáblíková (CZE)6:42.66Salt Lake City, United States18 February 2011
Olympic record Claudia Pechstein (GER)6:46.91Salt Lake City, United States23 February 2002

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Martina Sáblíková at 6:54.31.[3]

The following record was set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
19 FebruaryPair 7Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:51.54TR

TR = track record

Results

The races were started at 17:30.[4]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)7OMartina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:51.54TR
2nd, silver medalist(s)7IIreen Wüst Netherlands6:54.28+2.74
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5OCarien Kleibeuker Netherlands6:55.66+4.12
46OOlga Graf Russia6:55.77+4.23
58OClaudia Pechstein Germany6:58.39+6.85
68IYvonne Nauta Netherlands7:01.76+10.22
73OMari Hemmer Norway7:04.45+12.91
84IStephanie Beckert Germany7:07.79+16.25
93IAnna Chernova Russia7:08.71+17.17
102OShoko Fujimura Japan7:09.65+18.11
111OBente Kraus Germany7:10.65+19.11
126IShiho Ishizawa Japan7:11.54+20.00
135IMasako Hozumi Japan7:12.42+20.88
142IIvanie Blondin Canada7:20.10+28.56
151IKatarzyna Wozniak Poland7:28.53+36.99
164OMaria Lamb United States7:29.64+38.10

TR = track record

References

  1. "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 5000 m". SOOC. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013 Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. Final Results
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