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

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]

Women's 5000 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram of speed skating
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date19 February 2014
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time6:51.54
Medalists
Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic
Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
Carien Kleibeuker  Netherlands

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
7OMartina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:51.54TR
7IIreen Wüst Netherlands6:54.28+2.74
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

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