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Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
DatesFebruary 28
Competitors25 from 15 nations
Winning time7:14.13 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yvonne van Gennip
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrea Ehrig
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabi Zange
 East Germany

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.[1][2]

Records

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

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

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Rank   Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 O Yvonne van Gennip  Netherlands 7:14.13 (WR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)    1   O Andrea Ehrig  East Germany 7:17.12 +2.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   2  I Gabi Zange  East Germany 7:21.61 +7.48
 6   I Svetlana Boyko  Soviet Union 7:28.39 +14.26
 5   I Yelena Lapuga  Soviet Union 7:28.65 +14.52
 4   O Seiko Hashimoto  Japan 7:34.43 +20.30
 3   I Gunda Kleemann  East Germany 7:34.59 +20.46
 1O   I Jasmin Krohn  Sweden 7:36.56 +22.43
 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

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  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "5000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  4. ^ "5000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 19, 2016.