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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carien Kleibeuker  Netherlands
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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 O Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 6:51.54 TR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 I Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 6:54.28 +2.74
3rd place, 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 5000 m". SOOC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013 Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. ^ Final Results