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

Women's 5000 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Oval Lingotto
Dates	25 February
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning time	6:59.07
Medalists
Clara Hughes   Canada   Claudia Pechstein   Germany   Cindy Klassen   Canada

Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
Team pursuit		men		women

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

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

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

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	8	Hughes, ClaraClara Hughes	Canada	6:59.07
	8	Pechstein, ClaudiaClaudia Pechstein	Germany	7:00.08	+1.01
	7	Klassen, CindyCindy Klassen	Canada	7:00.57	+1.50
4	7	Sablikova, MartinaMartina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	7:01.38	+2.31
5	6	Anschutz, DanielaDaniela Anschütz	Germany	7:02.82	+3.75
6	4	Groves, KristinaKristina Groves	Canada	7:03.95	+4.88
7	5	Raney, CatherineCatherine Raney	United States	7:04.91	+5.84
8	5	Haugli, MarenMaren Haugli	Norway	7:06.08	+7.01
9	4	Groenewold, RenateRenate Groenewold	Netherlands	7:11.32	+12.25
10	6	Kleibeuker, CarienCarien Kleibeuker	Netherlands	7:12.18	+13.11
11	3	Ishino, ErikoEriko Ishino	Japan	7:12.48	+13.41
12	2	Rokita, Anna NataliaAnna Natalia Rokita	Austria	7:16.75	+17.68
13	1	Tabata, MakiMaki Tabata	Japan	7:18.05	+18.98
14	2	Opitz, LucilleLucille Opitz	Germany	7:18.06	+18.99
15	3	Wang Fei	China	7:22.90	+23.83
16	1	Wojcicka, KatarzynaKatarzyna Wojcicka	Poland	7:28.09	+29.02

Lap times for the medal winners, shown graphically

References