Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'anneau de vitesse
DatesFebruary 17
Competitors24 from 11 nations
Winning time7:31.57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Kleemann
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heike Warnicke
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
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The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 7:14.13 Calgary, Canada 28 February 1988
Olympic record  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 7:14.13 Calgary, Canada 28 February 1988

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 I Gunda Niemann-Kleemann  Germany 7:31.57 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 I Heike Warnicke  Germany 7:37.59 +6.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 I Claudia Pechstein  Germany 7:39.80 +8.23
4 3 O Carla Zijlstra  Netherlands 7:41.10 +9.53
5 6 I Lyudmila Prokasheva  Unified Team 7:41.65 +10.08
6 2 O Svetlana Boyko  Unified Team 7:44.19 +12.62
7 7 I Svetlana Bazhanova  Unified Team 7:45.55 +13.98
8 5 O Lia van Schie  Netherlands 7:46.94 +15.37
9 9 O Seiko Hashimoto  Japan 7:47.65 +16.08
10 6 O Elena Belci-Dal Farra  Italy 7:50.42 +18.85
11 11 O Jasmin Krohn  Sweden 7:50.64 +19.07
12 8 I Yumi Kaeriyama  Japan 7:50.77 +19.20
13 4 O Mihaela Dascălu  Romania 7:54.03 +22.46
14 10 I Mie Uehara  Japan 7:54.15 +22.57
15 1 I Emese Hunyady  Austria 7:56.48 +24.91
16 12 I Liu Junhong  China 8:04.31 +32.74
17 8 O Mary Docter  United States 8:04.42 +32.85
18 10 O Zhang Qing  China 8:04.71 +33.14
19 13 I Cerasela Hordobețiu  Romania 8:07.16 +35.59
20 7 O Elke Felicetti  Italy 8:08.44 +36.87
21 2 I Anette Tønsberg  Norway 8:09.68 +38.11
22 12 O Else Ragni Yttredal  Norway 8:09.69 +38.12
23 13 O Tara Laszlo  United States 8:15.00 +43.43
24 9 I Michelle Kline  United States 8:20.88 +49.31

References

  1. ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ "5000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "5000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.