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

Women's 5000 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Women's 5000 metres; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Richmond Olympic Oval
Date	24 February 2010
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Winning time	6:50.92
Medalists
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The women's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on February 24, 2010.^[1]

Records edit

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

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