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

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Women's 5000 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueOval Lingotto
Dates25 February
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time6:59.07
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clara Hughes
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cindy Klassen
 Canada
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The women's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 25 February.[1]

Records

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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 [2]
Olympic record  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 Salt Lake City, United States 23 February 2002 [2]

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

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
8 O Clara Hughes  Canada 6:59.07
8 I Claudia Pechstein  Germany 7:00.08 +1.01
7 O Cindy Klassen  Canada 7:00.57 +1.50
4 7 I Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 7:01.38 +2.31
5 6 O Daniela Anschütz  Germany 7:02.82 +3.75
6 4 O Kristina Groves  Canada 7:03.95 +4.88
7 5 I Catherine Raney  United States 7:04.91 +5.84
8 5 O Maren Haugli  Norway 7:06.08 +7.01
9 4 I Renate Groenewold  Netherlands 7:11.32 +12.25
10 6 I Carien Kleibeuker  Netherlands 7:12.18 +13.11
11 3 O Eriko Ishino  Japan 7:12.48 +13.41
12 2 I Anna Natalia Rokita  Austria 7:16.75 +17.68
13 1 I Maki Tabata  Japan 7:18.05 +18.98
14 2 I Lucille Opitz  Germany 7:18.06 +18.99
15 3 I Wang Fei  China 7:22.90 +23.83
16 1 O Katarzyna Wojcicka  Poland 7:28.09 +29.02
Lap times for the medal winners, shown graphically

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's 5,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.