Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Irene Schouten of the Netherlands, who already became the champion on 3000 m a few days earlier, won the event. Isabelle Weidemann of Canada won the silver medal, and Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic, the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion at this distance, bronze.

Women's 5000 metres
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date10 February
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Winning time6:43.51
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irene Schouten  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isabelle Weidemann  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic
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The 2018 champion, Esmee Visser, did not qualify for the Olympics. The 2018 silver medalist, Sáblíková, and the bronze medalist, Natalya Voronina, the world record holder at the start of the Olympics, both qualified. Schouten was the 2021 World Single Distances champion at the 5000 m distance. Voronina and Carlijn Achtereekte were the silver and bronze medalist, respectively. Weidemann was leading the 2021–22 ISU World Cup in long distances with three races completed before the Olympics, followed by Ragne Wiklund, Schouten, and Francesca Lollobrigida. Schouten skated the season best time, 6:45.69 in Heerenveen on 31 October 2021.[2]

Maryna Zuyeva won the first pair and set the lead. Her time was better than the track record, but still 16 seconds above the Olympic record. Voronina has improved her time in pair 3 by 6 seconds. In pair 4, Sáblíková took the lead, improving Voronina's time by 7 seconds, with two pairs to go. Weidemann in pair 5 further improved Sáblíková's time by 2 seconds, but skated still slower than the Olympic record. In the last pair Schouten set a new Olympic record, thereby winning the event.

Qualification

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A total of 12 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of two athletes per NOC. The first eight athletes qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last four earned quotas by having the best times among athletes not already qualified. A country could only earn the maximum two spots through the World Cup rankings.[3]

The qualification time for the event (7:20.00 or 4:08.00 (3000 m)) was released on 1 July 2021, and was unchanged from 2018.[4] Skaters had the time period of 1 July 2021 to 16 January 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.[4]

Records

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

World record   Natalya Voronina (RUS) 6:39.02 Salt Lake City, United States 15 February 2020
Olympic record   Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002
Track record   Chen Xiangyu (CHN) 7:28.04 8 April 2021

A new Olympic record was set in the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
10 February Pair 6 Irene Schouten   Netherlands 6:43.51 OR, TR

Results

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The races were started at 20:00.[5]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  6 I Irene Schouten   Netherlands 6:43.51 OR, NR
  5 I Isabelle Weidemann   Canada 6:48.18 +4.67
  4 I Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic 6:50.09 +6.58
4 6 O Francesca Lollobrigida   Italy 6:51.76 +8.25 NR
5 5 O Ragne Wiklund   Norway 6:56.34 +12.83
6 3 O Natalya Voronina   ROC 6:56.99 +13.48
7 3 I Sanne in 't Hof   Netherlands 6:59.77 +16.26
8 4 O Misaki Oshigiri   Japan 7:01.17 +17.66
9 1 O Maryna Zuyeva   Belarus 7:02.91 +19.40
10 1 I Momoka Horikawa   Japan 7:06.92 +23.41
11 2 I Han Mei   China 7:08.37 +24.86
12 2 O Magdalena Czyszczoń   Poland 7:21.49 +37.98

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Season Bests2021-2022". Speedskatingresults.com.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ Final results