Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Oval Lingotto
Dates February 25
Competitors 16 from 10 nations
Winning time 6:59.07
Medalists
    Canada
    Germany
    Canada
«2002 2010»
Speed skating at the
2006 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men
Team pursuit men women

The Women's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 25 February

Records

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

World record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002 [1]
Olympic record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002 [1]

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time Behind Notes
8 Clara Hughes Canada 6:59.07
8 Claudia Pechstein Germany 7:00.08 +1.01
7 Cindy Klassen Canada 7:00.57 +1.50
4 7 Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 7:01.38 +2.31
5 6 Daniela Anschütz Germany 7:02.82 +3.75
6 4 Kristina Groves Canada 7:03.95 +4.88
7 5 Catherine Raney United States 7:04.91 +5.84
8 5 Maren Haugli Norway 7:06.08 +7.01
9 4 Renate Groenewold Netherlands 7:11.32 +12.25
10 6 Carien Kleibeuker Netherlands 7:12.18 +13.11
11 3 Eriko Ishino Japan 7:12.48 +13.41
12 2 Anna Natalia Rokita Austria 7:16.75 +17.68
13 1 Maki Tabata Japan 7:18.05 +18.98
14 2 Lucille Opitz Germany 7:18.06 +18.99
15 3 Wang Fei China 7:22.90 +23.83
16 1 Katarzyna Wojcicka Poland 7:28.09 +29.02

References

  1. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/SpeedSkating.pdf. Retrieved May 20, 2009.