Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on February 24, 2010.[1]

Women's 5000 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueRichmond Olympic Oval
Date24 February 2010
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time6:50.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephanie Beckert  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Clara Hughes  Canada
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 6:45.61 Salt Lake City, United States 11 March 2007 [2]
Olympic record   Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002

Results

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Martina Sáblíková (CZE - out) and Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER - in) in the final 8th pair of the 5000m race.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time Behind Notes
  8 i Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic 6:50.91 0.00 TR
  7 i Stephanie Beckert   Germany 6:51.39 +0.47
  5 o Clara Hughes   Canada 6:55.73 +4.81
4 8 o Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 6:58.64 +7.72
5 6 o Maren Haugli   Norway 7:02.19 +11.27
6 7 o Kristina Groves   Canada 7:04.57 +13.65
7 5 i Masako Hozumi   Japan 7:04.97 +14.05
8 3 i Jilleanne Rookard   United States 7:07.48 +16.56
9 6 i Shiho Ishizawa   Japan 7:12.23 +21.31
10 2 i Jorien Voorhuis   Netherlands 7:13.27 +22.35
11 4 i Elma de Vries   Netherlands 7:16.68 +25.76
12 1 o Cindy Klassen   Canada 7:22.09 +31.17
13 2 o Svetlana Vysokova   Russia 7:23.33 +32.41
14 4 o Cathrine Grage   Denmark 7:23.83 +32.91
15 1 i Maria Lamb   United States 7:25.15 +34.23
3 o Katrin Mattscherodt   Germany DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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