| Women's 5000 metres at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | M-Wave | |||||||||
| Dates | February 20th, 1998 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 6:59.61 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
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
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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8 | O | Claudia Pechstein | Germany |
6:59.61 | - | (WR) |
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7 | O | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Germany |
6:59.65 | +0.04 | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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