Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 25 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1][2]

Women's 5000 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
DatesFebruary 25
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time7:14.37
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Kleemann
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiromi Yamamoto
 Japan
← 1992
1998 →

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) 7:13.29 Hamar, Norway 6 December 1993
Olympic record   Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 7:14.13 Calgary, Canada 28 February 1988

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Behind
  4 I Claudia Pechstein   Germany 7:14.37 -
  6 O Gunda Niemann-Kleemann   Germany 7:14.88 +0.51
  5 O Hiromi Yamamoto   Japan 7:19.68 +5.31
4 2 I Elena Belci   Italy 7:20.33 +5.96
5 6 I Svetlana Bazhanova   Russia 7:22.68 +8.31
6 8 I Lyudmila Prokasheva   Kazakhstan 7:28.58 +14.21
7 7 O Carla Zijlstra   Netherlands 7:29.42 +15.05
8 7 I Seiko Hashimoto   Japan 7:29.79 +15.42
9 1 O Miki Ogasawara   Japan 7:30.47 +16.10
10 1 I Annamarie Thomas   Netherlands 7:32.39 +18.02
11 2 O Tonny de Jong   Netherlands 7:36.07 +21.70
12 8 O Emese Hunyady   Austria 7:38.62 +24.25
13 3 I Tatyana Trapeznikova   Russia 7:40.55 +26.18
14 5 I Cerasela Hordobețiu   Romania 7:41.65 +27.28
15 3 O Emese Dörfler-Antal   Austria 7:46.78 +32.41
16 4 O Ingrid Liepa   Canada 7:49.39 +35.02

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ "5000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "5000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 30, 2016.