The women's 5000 metres
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 ...
competition of the
2014 Sochi Olympics
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, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
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, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
was held at
Adler Arena Skating Center
The Adler Arena Trade And Exhibition Center (Адлер-Арена) is an 8,000-seat speed skating oval in the Olympic Park, Sochi, Russia. It opened in 2012 and looks like an iceberg or ice fault. The center hosted the speed skating events at the ...
on 19 February 2014.
Qualification
A total of sixteen speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of three skaters per country. The top 10 of the
2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional six spots were awarded based on a time ranking of the
World Cup 5000 metres race in Astana. A reserve list was also made.
By virtue of
Ivanie Blondin's top eight classification at the
2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres in the pre-olympic season, Canada was given a wildcard at the expense of number 16
Mari Hemmer (who would have secured Norway a second spot).
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
At the
2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by
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 Olym ...
at 6:54.31.
The following record was set during this competition.
TR = track record
Results
The races were started at 17:30.
Final Results
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TR = track record
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Women's 5000 metres
Women's speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics