List of speed skating world records over 5000 meters women

This list contains all the world records recognized by the International Skating Union in speed skating over 5000 meters for women.

World records for women over 5000 meters

No.	sportswoman	time	date	place	particularities	Duration
1	Zofia Nehringowa	11.30.50	February 15, 1931	Gate Polonii	HI, Bf, En	3 years and 360 days
2	Zofia Nehringowa	10.54.80	February 10, 1935	Gate Polonii	HI, Bf, En	0 years and 357 days
3	Verné Lesche	10.15,30	February 2, 1936	Nybroviken Stockholm	HI, Bf, En	0 years and 364 days
4th	Laila Schou Nilsen	9.28.30	January 31, 1937	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	12 years and 13 days
5	Verné Lesche	9.26.80	February 13, 1949	Idrætsplassen Kongsberg	HI, Bf, En	1 year and 32 days
6th	Rimma Zhukova	9.22.30	March 17, 1950	Dinamo stadium	HI, Bf, En	0 years and 332 days
7th	Tatyana Karelina	9.10.70	February 12, 1951	Medeo	H III, Bo, En	1 year and 347 days
8th	Rimma Zhukova	9/01/60	January 24, 1953	Medeo	H III, Bo, En	29 years and 364 days
9	Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich	7.40.97	January 23, 1983	Thialf	HI, Bo, Ek	0 years and 357 days
10	Gabi Schönbrunn	7.39.44	January 15, 1984	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 69 days
11	Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich	7.34.52	March 24, 1984	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 323 days
12	Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich	7.32.82	February 10, 1985	Zetra Olympic Hall	H II, Bf, En	0 years and 336 days
13	Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich	7.31.45	January 12, 1986	Furumo Stadium	HI, Bf, Ek	0 years and 69 days
14th	Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich	7.20.99	March 22, 1986	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 363 days
15th	Yvonne van Gennip	7.20.36	March 20, 1987	Thialf	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 345 days
16	Yvonne van Gennip	7.14.13	February 28, 1988	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	5 years and 281 days
17th	Gunda Niemann	7.13.29	December 6, 1993	Vikingskipet	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 110 days
18th	Gunda Niemann	7.03.26	March 26, 1994	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	3 years and 331 days
Introduction of the folding ice skate
19th	Claudia Pechstein	6.59.61	February 20, 1998	M-Wave	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 36 days
20th	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	6.58.63	March 28, 1998	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 316 days
21st	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	6.57.24	February 7, 1999	Vikingskipet	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 343 days
22nd	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	6.56.84	January 16, 2000	Vikingskipet	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 314 days
23	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	6.55.34	November 25, 2000	Thialf	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 105 days
24	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	6.52.44	March 10, 2001	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 350 days
25th	Claudia Pechstein	6.46.91	February 23, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	5 years and 16 days
26th	Martina Sáblíková	6.45.61	March 11, 2007	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	3 years and 344 days
Reigning speed skating world record holder over 5000 meters
27	Martina Sáblíková	6.42.66	February 18, 2011	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	9 years and 195 days

• As of September 27, 2013
• In the 1990s years came clap skate internationally for the first time used. The folding system, which enables faster running, heralded the change at the latest since the 1998 Winter Olympics .

The abbreviations in "special features" mean

• H = altitude of the railway; HI = up to 500 meters, H II = over 500 meters, H III = over 1000 meters
• B = track layout; Bf = open air (open), Bh = indoor track, Bm = mix (semi-open, covered track)
• E = ice; Ek = artificial (cooling system), En = natural ice (without technical cooling system)

See also

• List of speed skating world records

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women on www.speedskatingstats.com