| Women's 5000 metres at the XV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Oval | |||||||||
| Dates | February 28 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:14.13 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Albertville 1992 → | ||||||||||
| Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 28 February, at the Olympic Oval. 25 competitors from 15 nations participated in the event.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) |
7:20.36 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 20 March 1987 |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |
The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February | Pair 1 | Andrea Ehrig |  East Germany |
7:17.12 | OR | WR |
| 28 February | Pair 5 | Yvonne van Gennip |  Netherlands |
7:14.13 | OR | WR |
Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | O | Yvonne van Gennip | Netherlands |
7:14.13 | – | (WR) |
 |
1 | O | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany |
7:17.12 | +2.99 | |
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2 | I | Gabi Zange | East Germany |
7:21.61 | +7.48 | |
| 4 | 6 | I | Svetlana Boyko |  Soviet Union |
7:28.39 | +14.26 | |
| 5 | 5 | I | Yelena Lapuga | Soviet Union |
7:28.65 | +14.52 | |
| 6 | 4 | O | Seiko Hashimoto |  Japan |
7:34.43 | +20.30 | |
| 7 | 3 | I | Gunda Kleemann | East Germany |
7:34.59 | +20.46 | |
| 8 | 1O | I | Jasmin Krohn |  Sweden |
7:36.56 | +22.43 | |
| 9 | 12 | O | Han Chun-ok |  North Korea |
7:36.81 | +22.68 | |
| 10 | 7 | O | Jane Goldman |  United States |
7:36.98 | +22.85 | |
| 11 | 2 | O | Mary Docter | United States |
7:37.00 | +22.87 | |
| 12 | 9 | I | Elena Belci |  Italy |
7:37.23 | +23.10 | |
| 13 | 3 | O | Marieke Stam | Netherlands |
7:38.02 | +23.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | I | Ingrid Paul | Netherlands |
7:40.67 | +26.54 | |
| 15 | 7 | I | Yelena Tumanova | Soviet Union |
7:40.82 | +26.69 | |
| 16 | 8 | I | Wang Xiaoyan |  China |
7:46.30 | +32.17 | |
| 17 | 11 | O | Kim Young-ok |  South Korea |
7:46.51 | +32.38 | |
| 18 | 9 | O | Natalie Grenier |  Canada |
7:46.96 | +32.84 | |
| 19 | 4 | I | Natsue Seki | Japan |
7:47.43 | +33.30 | |
| 20 | 8 | O | Ariane Loignon | Canada |
7:49.55 | +35.42 | |
| 21 | 13 | I | Erwina Ryś-Ferens |  Poland |
7:50.43 | +36.30 | |
| 22 | 12 | I | Nancy Swider-Peltz | United States |
7:52.12 | +37.99 | |
| 23 | 1O | O | Kathy Gordon | Canada |
7:53.30 | +39.17 | |
| 24 | 11 | I | Minna Nystedt |  Norway |
7:54.11 | +39.98 | |
| 25 | 6 | O | Stéphanie Dumont |  France |
8:00.40 | +46.27 |
References
- ^ "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- "5000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- "5000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
