Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the M-Wave.[1][2]

Women's 5000 metres at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	M-Wave
Dates	February 20
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Winning time	6:59.61 WR
Medalists
Claudia Pechstein  Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany Lyudmila Prokasheva  Kazakhstan

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
20 February	Pair 2	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7:12.77	OR
20 February	Pair 5	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	7:11.14	OR
20 February	Pair 7	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	6:59.65	OR	WR
20 February	Pair 8	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:59.61	OR	WR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	8	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:59.61	-	(WR)
	7	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	6:59.65	+0.04
	5	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	7:11.14	+11.53
4	6	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	7:11.81	+12.20
5	2	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7:12.77	+13.16
6	3	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7:12.89	+13.28
7	5	Kirstin Holum	United States	7:14.20	+14.59
8	6	Emese Hunyady	Austria	7:15.23	+15.62
9	4	Elena Belci	Italy	7:15.58	+15.97
10	7	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	7:16.78	+17.17
11	1	Mie Uehara	Japan	7:21.72	+22.11
12	3	Svetlana Vysokova	Russia	7:22.18	+22.58
13	1	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	7:28.39	+28.78
14	8	Heike Warnicke	Germany	7:30.83	+31.22
15	2	Nami Nemoto	Japan	7:36.77	+37.16

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.