Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 23
Competitors16 from 7 nations
Winning time6:49.91 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gretha Smit
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Clara Hughes
 Canada
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The Women's 5000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]

Claudia Pechstein secures her third gold medal in the distance, having won each of the three times that this distance has been skated by women in the Olympics between 1994 and 2002. With the win, Pechstein also secures at least one medal in four consecutive Winter Games (1992–2002). Clara Hughes and Gretha Smit surprise by ending up on the podium alongside Pechstein. Smit, who broke the world record en route to finishing second, only started competing in long track skating a year before the Games, although she and her sisters had proven almost unbeatable in marathon skating, which is performed in groups.

Records

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

World record  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) 6:52.44 Salt Lake City, United States March 10, 2001 [2]
Olympic record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:59.61 Nagano, Japan February 20, 2002 [2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.


Date[2] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
23 February 2002 Pair 1 Gretha Smit  Netherlands 6:49.22 OR WR
23 February 2002 Pair 7 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 6:46.91 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 O Claudia Pechstein  Germany 6:46.91 - WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 I Gretha Smit  Netherlands 6:49.22 +2.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 O Clara Hughes  Canada 6:53.53 +6.62
4 5 I Cindy Klassen  Canada 6:55.89 +8.98
5 2 O Varvara Barysheva  Russia 6:56.97 +10.06
6 8 I Anni Friesinger  Germany 6:58.39 +11.48
7 8 O Tonny de Jong  Netherlands 7:01.17 +14.26
8 7 I Maki Tabata  Japan 7:06.32 +19.41
9 3 I Catherine Raney  United States 7:06.89 +19.98
10 3 O Kristina Groves  Canada 7:07.16 +20.25
11 5 O Valentina Yakshina  Russia 7:08.42 +21.51
12 6 I Daniela Anschütz  Germany 7:10.17 +23.26
13 4 I Marja Vis  Netherlands 7:19.08 +32.17
14 2 I Annie Driscoll  United States 7:35.23 +48.32
- 1 O Lyudmila Prokasheva  Kazakhstan DNF -
- 4 O Nami Nemoto  Japan DNF -

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.