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
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date19 February 2014
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time6:51.54
Medalists
   Czech Republic
   Netherlands
   Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
Team pursuit men women

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) 6:42.66 Salt Lake City, United States 18 February 2011
Olympic record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 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.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
19 February Pair 7 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 6:51.54 TR

TR = track record

Results

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

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 7 O Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 6:51.54 TR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 I Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 6:54.28 +2.74
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 O Carien Kleibeuker  Netherlands 6:55.66 +4.12
4 6 O Olga Graf  Russia 6:55.77 +4.23
5 8 O Claudia Pechstein  Germany 6:58.39 +6.85
6 8 I Yvonne Nauta  Netherlands 7:01.76 +10.22
7 3 O Mari Hemmer  Norway 7:04.45 +12.91
8 4 I Stephanie Beckert  Germany 7:07.79 +16.25
9 3 I Anna Chernova  Russia 7:08.71 +17.17
10 2 O Shoko Fujimura  Japan 7:09.65 +18.11
11 1 O Bente Kraus  Germany 7:10.65 +19.11
12 6 I Shiho Ishizawa  Japan 7:11.54 +20.00
13 5 I Masako Hozumi  Japan 7:12.42 +20.88
14 2 I Ivanie Blondin  Canada 7:20.10 +28.56
15 1 I Katarzyna Wozniak  Poland 7:28.53 +36.99
16 4 O Maria Lamb  United States 7:29.64 +38.10

TR = track record

References

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