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

Event:	Women's 5000 metres
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	M-Wave
Dates:	February 20th, 1998
Competitors:	16
Nations:	9
Win Value:	6:59.61 WR
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Claudia Pechstein
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Lyudmila Prokasheva
Bronzenoc:	KAZ
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

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

Records

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

The following new World and Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
February 20	Pair 2			7:12.77	OR
February 20	Pair 5			7:11.14	OR
February 20	Pair 7			6:59.65	OR	WR
February 20	Pair 8			6:59.61	OR	WR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	8	O			6:59.61	-	(WR)
	7	O			6:59.65	+0.04
	5	O			7:11.14	+11.53
4	6	O			7:11.81	+12.20
5	2	O			7:12.77	+13.16
6	3	O			7:12.89	+13.28
7	5	I			7:14.20	+14.59
8	6	I			7:15.23	+15.62
9	4	I			7:15.58	+15.97
10	7	I			7:16.78	+17.17
11	1	O			7:21.72	+22.11
12	3	I			7:22.18	+22.58
13	1	I			7:28.39	+28.78
14	8	I			7:30.83	+31.22
15	2	I			7:36.77	+37.16

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/womens-5000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.
4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.