Olympic Winter Games 1998 / speed skating - 5000 m (women)
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| sport | Speed skating | ||||||||
| discipline | 5000 m | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 16 athletes from 9 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | M-Wave | ||||||||
| Competition phase | February 20, 1998 | ||||||||
| Winning time | 6: 59.61 min 
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 Speed skating competitions at the 1998 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 | |
The 5000 m in speed skating for women at the 1998 Winter Olympics were held on February 20, 1998 in the M-Wave .
Claudia Pechstein from Germany was able to defend her title as Olympic champion. Her compatriot Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann won silver and Lyudmila Prokaschowa from Kazakhstan secured bronze .
Records
Existing records
| World record |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann ( Germany )
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7: 03.26 min | Salt Lake City | March 26, 1994 |
| Olympic record |
Yvonne van Gennip ( Netherlands )
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7: 14.13 min | Calgary | February 28, 1988 |
New records
| Olympic records |
Tonny de Jong ( Netherlands )
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7: 12.77 min | February 20, 1998 |
Lyudmila Prokaschowa ( Kazakhstan )
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7: 11.14 min | February 20, 1998 | |
| World records |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann ( Germany )
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6: 59.65 min | February 20, 1998 |
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Claudia Pechstein ( Germany )
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6: 59.61 min | February 20, 1998 |
Results
| rank | Pair | Athlete | nation | Time (min) | Deficit (s) | annotation |
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| 1 | 8th | Claudia Pechstein |
Germany
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6: 59.61 | WR | |
| 2 | 7th | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann |
Germany
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6: 59.65 | +0.04 | |
| 3 | 5 | Lyudmila Prokaschowa |
Kazakhstan
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7: 11.14 | +11.53 | |
| 4th | 6th | Barbara de Loor |
Netherlands
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7: 11.81 | +12.20 | |
| 5 | 2 | Tonny de Jong |
Netherlands
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7: 12.77 | +13.16 | |
| 6th | 3 | Carla Zijlstra |
Netherlands
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7: 12.89 | +13.28 | |
| 7th | 5 | Kirstin Holum |
 United States
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7: 14.20 | +14.59 | |
| 8th | 6th | Emese Hunyady |
 Austria
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7: 15.23 | +15.62 | |
| 9 | 4th | Elena Belci |
 Italy
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7: 15.58 | +15.97 | |
| 10 | 7th | Jennifer Rodriguez |
United States
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7: 16.78 | +17.17 | |
| 11 | 1 | Mie Uehara |
 Japan
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7: 21.72 | +22.11 | |
| 12 | 3 | Svetlana Vysokova |
 Russia
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7: 22.18 | +22.58 | |
| 13 | 1 | Anette Tønsberg |
 Norway
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7: 28.39 | +28.78 | |
| 14th | 8th | Heike Warnicke |
Germany
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7: 30.83 | +31.22 | |
| 15th | 2 | Nami Nemoto |
Japan
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7: 36.77 | +37.16 | |
| 16 | 4th | Tatiana Trapesnikova |
Russia
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Web links
5000 m speed skating for women at the Olympic Winter Games