Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres
| Women's 5000 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Adler Arena Skating Center | |||||||||
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| Date | 19 February 2014 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 6:51.54 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||||
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| 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 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 19 February 2014.[1]
Qualification
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
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
The races were started at 17:30.[4]
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7 | O | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 6:51.54 | — | TR |
 | 7 | I | Ireen Wüst |  Netherlands | 6:54.28 | +2.74 | |
 | 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
- ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 5000 m". SOOC. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013
- ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ Final Results