The women's 5000 m competition in
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...
at the
2022 Winter Olympics
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was held on 10 February, at the
National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in
Beijing
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Irene Schouten
Irene Schouten (; born 21 June 1992) is a Dutch speed skater who competes in allround marathon and inline-skating events. She is a five-time Olympic medalist and a triple Olympic Champion, having won the 3,000m, 5,000m, and mass start events at t ...
of the Netherlands, who already became the champion on 3000 m a few days earlier, won the event.
Isabelle Weidemann of Canada won the silver medal, and
Martina Sáblíková
Martina Sáblíková () (born 27 May 1987) is a Czech speed skater, specializing in long track speed skating. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple European and World allround champion. She became the first Czech to win two Olympic ...
of the Czech Republic, the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion at this distance, bronze.
The 2018 champion,
Esmee Visser
Esmee Michelle Visser (; born 26 January 1996) is a Dutch speed skater and Olympic Champion, who specialises in long distances.
Born in Leiden, she qualified for the 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics in December 2017. At the 2018 European ...
, did not qualify for the Olympics. The 2018 silver medalist, Sáblíková, and the bronze medalist,
Natalya Voronina, the world record holder at the start of the Olympics, both qualified. Schouten was the
2021 World Single Distances champion at the 5000 m distance. Voronina and
Carlijn Achtereekte were the silver and bronze medalist, respectively. Weidemann was leading the
2021–22 ISU World Cup in long distances with three races completed before the Olympics, followed by
Ragne Wiklund, Schouten, and
Francesca Lollobrigida
Francesca Lollobrigida (born 7 February 1991) is an Italian speed skater. She was born in Frascati. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 23rd in the 3000 meters. Actress Gina Lollobrigida was her grand-aunt.
Lollob ...
. Schouten skated the season best time, 6:45.69 in Heerenveen on 31 October 2021.
Maryna Zuyeva
Maryna Arturauna Zuyeva ( be, Марына Артураўна Зуева; born 20 March 1992) is a Belarusian speed skater and cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed in the women's 3000 metres at the 2018 W ...
won the first pair and set the lead. Her time was better than the track record, but still 16 seconds above the Olympic record. Voronina has improved her time in pair 3 by 6 seconds. In pair 4, Sáblíková took the lead, improving Voronina's time by 7 seconds, with two pairs to go. Weidemann in pair 5 further improved Sáblíková's time by 2 seconds, but skated still slower than the Olympic record. In the last pair Schouten set a new Olympic record, thereby winning the event.
Qualification
A total of 12 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of two athletes per NOC. The first eight athletes qualified through their performance at the
2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last four earned quotas by having the best times among athletes not already qualified. A country could only earn the maximum two spots through the World Cup rankings.
The qualification time for the event (7:20.00 or 4:08.00 (3000 m)) was released on 1 July 2021, and was unchanged from 2018.
Skaters had the time period of 1 July 2021 to 16 January 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...
(ISU) events.
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
A new Olympic record was set in the competition.
Results
The races were started at 20:00.Final results
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References
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Women's speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics