Speed Skating 2022/Women's 5000 metre

Women's 5000 metre
General information
Sport	Speed Skating 2022
Date	10 February 2022
Competitors	12 athletes
Venue	Beijing National Speed Skating Oval
Previous medalists
Gold	Esmee Visser
Silver	Claudia Pechstein
Bronze	Natalia Voronina
Conditions
Length	5000 metres
Medalists
	Irene Schouten
	Isabelle Weidemann
	Martina Sablikova

The women's 5000 metre of Speed Skating 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2022 in the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval. With 12 athletes competing, the event was won by Irene Schouten from Netherlands, with Isabelle Weidemann from Canada taking the silver medal and Martina Sablikova from Czech Republic taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of six head-to-head races of 5000 metres. The competitor with the fastest time is the winner.

Preview

Twelve athletes qualified for the event with Irene Schouten as the big favorite for the title. The Dutch star had won every race in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres she had competed in, with Isabelle Weidemann coming second in three out of four World Cup races. Francesca Lollobrigida won the most recent World Cup race in absence of Schouten, while Ragne Wiklund also finished in the top 4 of all long-distance races in the season. Other potential outsiders also included Martina Sablikova, Natalia Voronina, and Isabelle Weidemann.

Momoka Horikawa was at 18 years old the youngest competitor in the field as the second-youngest competitor in the women's 5000 metres ever, behind Kirstin Holum in 1998. She was over three years younger than Ragne Wiklund, with Sanne in 't Hof as the only other debutante in the field. Martina Sablikova was the veteran of the field at the age of 34 and was due to compete at her fifth edition of the Olympic Games. Francesca Lollobrigida and Misaki Oshigiri were due to start at their third, with five athletes returning after having first competed in Pyeongchang. Natalia Voronina was the only defending medalist, after Esmee Visser failed to qualify through the national trials, and Claudia Pechstein only qualified for other events.

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	15 February 2020		Natalia Voronina	6:39.02
OR	23 February 2002		Claudia Pechstein	6:46.91
TR	8 April 2021		Chen Xiangyu	7:28.04

Results

Irene Schouten won her second Olympic title with a new Olympic record in five days after winning gold in the 3000 metres, as well as her third Olympic medal in total, after winning bronze in the mass start in 2018. Isabelle also won her second Olympic medal in a week after winning bronze in the 3000 metres, while Martina Sablikova continued her medal streak winning her seventh Olympic medal by adding a bronze medal. Francesca Lollobrigida recorded a new personal record but just missed out on the podium after having won silver in the 3000 metres, while Ragne Wiklund recorded her second fifth place in as many events. Defending bronze medalist Natalie Voronina completed the top 6.

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	6:43.51	OR
	Isabelle Weidemann	Canada	6:48.18
	Martina Sablikova	Czech Republic	6:50.09
4	Francesca Lollobrigida	Italy	6:51.76	PR
5	Ragne Wiklund	Norway	6:56.34	PR
6	Natalia Voronina	ROC	6:56.99
7	Sanne in 't Hof	Netherlands	6:59.77
8	Misaki Ochigiri	Japan	7:01.17	PR
9	Maryna Zuyeva	Belarus	7:02.91
10	Momoka Horikawa	Japan	7:06.92	PR
11	Han Mei	China	7:08.37	PR
12	Magdalena Czyszczon	Poland	7:21.49