Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
VenueOval Lingotto
Dates25 February
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time6:59.07
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clara Hughes
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cindy Klassen
 Canada
← 2002
2010 →

The women's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 25 February.[1]

Records[]

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

World record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002 [2]
Olympic record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002 [2]

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Results[]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
Gold medal icon.svg 8 Clara Hughes  Canada 6:59.07
Silver medal icon.svg 8 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 7:00.08 +1.01
Bronze medal icon.svg 7 Cindy Klassen  Canada 7:00.57 +1.50
4 7 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 7:01.38 +2.31
5 6 Daniela Anschütz  Germany 7:02.82 +3.75
6 4 Kristina Groves  Canada 7:03.95 +4.88
7 5 Catherine Raney  United States 7:04.91 +5.84
8 5 Maren Haugli  Norway 7:06.08 +7.01
9 4 Renate Groenewold  Netherlands 7:11.32 +12.25
10 6 Carien Kleibeuker  Netherlands 7:12.18 +13.11
11 3 Eriko Ishino  Japan 7:12.48 +13.41
12 2 Anna Natalia Rokita  Austria 7:16.75 +17.68
13 1 Maki Tabata  Japan 7:18.05 +18.98
14 2 Lucille Opitz  Germany 7:18.06 +18.99
15 3 Wang Fei  China 7:22.90 +23.83
16 1 Katarzyna Wojcicka  Poland 7:28.09 +29.02
Lap times for the medal winners, shown graphically

References[]

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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