Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1][2]

Women's 5000 metres at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'anneau de vitesse
Dates	February 17
Competitors	24 from 11 nations
Winning time	7:31.57
Medalists
Gunda Niemann-Kleemann  Germany Heike Warnicke  Germany Claudia Pechstein  Germany

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record	Yvonne van Gennip (NED)	7:14.13	Calgary, Canada	28 February 1988
Olympic record	Yvonne van Gennip (NED)	7:14.13	Calgary, Canada	28 February 1988

Results

[1]

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Behind
	4	Gunda Niemann-Kleemann	Germany	7:31.57	-
	3	Heike Warnicke	Germany	7:37.59	+6.02
	5	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7:39.80	+8.23
4	3	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7:41.10	+9.53
5	6	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Unified Team	7:41.65	+10.08
6	2	Svetlana Boyko	Unified Team	7:44.19	+12.62
7	7	Svetlana Bazhanova	Unified Team	7:45.55	+13.98
8	5	Lia van Schie	Netherlands	7:46.94	+15.37
9	9	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	7:47.65	+16.08
10	6	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	7:50.42	+18.85
11	11	Jasmin Krohn	Sweden	7:50.64	+19.07
12	8	Yumi Kaeriyama	Japan	7:50.77	+19.20
13	4	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	7:54.03	+22.46
14	10	Mie Uehara	Japan	7:54.15	+22.57
15	1	Emese Hunyady	Austria	7:56.48	+24.91
16	12	Liu Junhong	China	8:04.31	+32.74
17	8	Mary Docter	United States	8:04.42	+32.85
18	10	Zhang Qing	China	8:04.71	+33.14
19	13	Cerasela Hordobețiu	Romania	8:07.16	+35.59
20	7	Elke Felicetti	Italy	8:08.44	+36.87
21	2	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	8:09.68	+38.11
22	12	Else Ragni Yttredal	Norway	8:09.69	+38.12
23	13	Tara Laszlo	United States	8:15.00	+43.43
24	9	Michelle Kline	United States	8:20.88	+49.31

References

1. "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
3. "5000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
4. "5000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.