Olympic Winter Games 1988 / speed skating - 5000 m (women)
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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 ![]() |
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![]() 1988 Winter Olympics |
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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 )
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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 )
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7: 17.12 min | Calgary | February 28, 1988 |
Olympic record | ||||
World record |
Yvonne van Gennip ( Netherlands )
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7: 14.13 min | Calgary | February 28, 1988 |
Olympic record |
Results
rank | Athlete | nation | Time (min) | Deficit (s) | annotation |
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1 | Yvonne van Gennip |
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7: 14.13 | WR | |
2 | Andrea Ehrig |
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7: 17.12 | +2.99 | WR |
3 | Gabi Zange |
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7: 21.61 | +7.48 | |
4th | Swetlana Boiko |
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7: 28.39 | +14.26 | |
5 | Jelena Lapuga |
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7: 28.65 | +14.52 | |
6th | Seiko Hashimoto |
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7: 34.43 | +20.30 | |
7th | Gunda Kleemann |
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7: 34.59 | +20.46 | |
8th | Jasmin Krohn |
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7: 36.56 | +22.43 | |
9 | Han Chun-ok |
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7: 36.81 | +22.68 | |
10 | Jane Goldman |
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7: 36.98 | +22.85 | |
11 | Mary Docter |
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7: 37.00 | +22.87 | |
12 | Elena Belci |
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7: 37.23 | +23.10 | |
13 | Marieke Stam |
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7: 38.02 | +23.87 | |
14th | Ingrid Paul |
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7: 40.67 | +26.54 | |
15th | Elena Tumanova |
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7: 40.82 | +26.69 | |
16 | Wang Xiaoyan |
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7: 46.30 | +32.17 | |
17th | Kim Young-ok |
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7: 46.51 | +32.38 | |
18th | Natalie Grenier |
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7: 46.96 | +32.84 | |
19th | Natsue Seki |
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7: 47.43 | +33.30 | |
20th | Ariane Loignon |
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7: 49.55 | +35.42 | |
21st | Erwina Ryś-Ferens |
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7: 50.43 | +36.30 | |
22nd | Nancy Swider-Peltz |
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7: 52.12 | +37.99 | |
23 | Kathy Gordon |
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7: 53.30 | +39.17 | |
24 | Minna Nystedt |
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7: 54.11 | +39.98 | |
25th | Stephanie Dumont |
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8: 00.40 | +46.27 |