Olympic Winter Games 1988 / speed skating - 5000 m (women)

sport	Speed ​​skating
discipline	5000 m
gender	Women
Attendees	25 athletes from 15 countries
Competition location	Olympic oval
Competition phase	February 28, 1988
Winning time	7: 14.13 min
Medalists  Yvonne van Gennip ( NED )  Andrea Ehrig ( GDR )  Gabi Zange ( GDR )
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Speed ​​skating competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics
500 m	Women	Men
1000 m	Women	Men
1500 m	Women	Men
3000 m	Women
5000 m	Women	Men
10,000 m		Men

For the first time in history, the 5000 m in women's speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on February 28 at L'anneau de vitesse .

The first Olympic champion over 5000 m was Yvonne van Gennip from the Netherlands , who set a new world record. Silver and bronze went to Andrea Ehrig and Gabi Zange from the German Democratic Republic.

Existing records

The following records were valid before the competition:

World record	Yvonne van Gennip ( Netherlands )	7: 20.36 min	Heerenveen	March 20, 1987
Olympic record	First time

No new records were set during the competition.

World record	Andrea Ehrig ( GDR )	7: 17.12 min	Calgary	February 28, 1988
Olympic record
World record	Yvonne van Gennip ( Netherlands )	7: 14.13 min	Calgary	February 28, 1988
Olympic record

Results

rank	Athlete	nation	Time (min)	Deficit (s)	annotation
1	Yvonne van Gennip	Netherlands	7: 14.13		WR
2	Andrea Ehrig	GDR	7: 17.12	+2.99	WR
3	Gabi Zange	GDR	7: 21.61	+7.48
4th	Swetlana Boiko	Soviet Union	7: 28.39	+14.26
5	Jelena Lapuga	Soviet Union	7: 28.65	+14.52
6th	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	7: 34.43	+20.30
7th	Gunda Kleemann	GDR	7: 34.59	+20.46
8th	Jasmin Krohn	Sweden	7: 36.56	+22.43
9	Han Chun-ok	North Korea	7: 36.81	+22.68
10	Jane Goldman	United States	7: 36.98	+22.85
11	Mary Docter	United States	7: 37.00	+22.87
12	Elena Belci	Italy	7: 37.23	+23.10
13	Marieke Stam	Netherlands	7: 38.02	+23.87
14th	Ingrid Paul	Netherlands	7: 40.67	+26.54
15th	Elena Tumanova	Soviet Union	7: 40.82	+26.69
16	Wang Xiaoyan	China	7: 46.30	+32.17
17th	Kim Young-ok	South Korea	7: 46.51	+32.38
18th	Natalie Grenier	Canada	7: 46.96	+32.84
19th	Natsue Seki	Japan	7: 47.43	+33.30
20th	Ariane Loignon	Canada	7: 49.55	+35.42
21st	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	7: 50.43	+36.30
22nd	Nancy Swider-Peltz	United States	7: 52.12	+37.99
23	Kathy Gordon	Canada	7: 53.30	+39.17
24	Minna Nystedt	Norway	7: 54.11	+39.98
25th	Stephanie Dumont	France	8: 00.40	+46.27

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