Olympic Winter Games 1994 / speed skating - 5000 m (women)

sport	Speed ​​skating
discipline	5000 m
gender	Women
Attendees	16 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Hamar olympia hall
Competition phase	February 25, 1994
Winning time	7: 14.37 min
Medalists  Claudia Pechstein ( GER )  Gunda Niemann ( GER )  Hiromi Yamamoto ( JPN )
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Speed ​​skating competitions at the 1994 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

The 5000 m in speed skating for women at the 1994 Winter Olympics were held on February 25th in the Hamar olympiahall .

Claudia Pechstein from Germany was Olympic champion ahead of her compatriot Gunda Niemann . Lyudmila Prokaschowa won bronze for Hiromi Yamamoto from Japan .

Existing records

The following records were valid before the competition:

World record	Gunda Niemann ( Germany )	7: 13.29 min	Hamar	December 6, 1993
Olympic record	Yvonne van Gennip ( Netherlands )	7: 14.13 min	Calgary	February 28, 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

rank	Pair	Athlete	nation	Time (min)	Deficit (s)
1	4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 14.37
2	6th	Gunda Niemann	Germany	7: 14.88	+0.51
3	5	Hiromi Yamamoto	Japan	7: 19.68	+5.31
4th	2	Elena Belci	Italy	7: 20.33	+5.96
5	6th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	7: 22.68	+8.31
6th	8th	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	Kazakhstan	7: 28.58	+14.21
7th	7th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7: 29.42	+15.05
8th	7th	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	7: 29.79	+15.42
9	1	Miki Ogasawara	Japan	7: 30.47	+16.10
10	1	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	7: 32.39	+18.02
11	2	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 36.07	+21.70
12	8th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	7: 38.62	+24.25
13	3	Tatiana Trapesnikova	Russia	7: 40.55	+26.18
14th	5	Cerasela Hordobețiu	Romania	7: 41.65	+27.28
15th	3	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	7: 46.78	+32.41
16	4th	Ingrid Liepa	Canada	7: 49.39	+35.02

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