Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 28 February, at the Olympic Oval. 25 competitors from 15 nations participated in the event.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

| World record | Yvonne van Gennip (NED) | 7:20.36 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 20 March 1987 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 February | Pair 1 | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany | 7:17.12 | OR | WR |
| 28 February | Pair 5 | Yvonne van Gennip | Netherlands | 7:14.13 | OR | WR |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | O | Yvonne van Gennip | Netherlands | 7:14.13 | – | (WR) |
| | 1 | O | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany | 7:17.12 | +2.99 | |
| | 2 | I | Gabi Zange | East Germany | 7:21.61 | +7.48 | |
| 4 | 6 | I | Svetlana Boyko | Soviet Union | 7:28.39 | +14.26 | |
| 5 | 5 | I | Yelena Lapuga | Soviet Union | 7:28.65 | +14.52 | |
| 6 | 4 | O | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 7:34.43 | +20.30 | |
| 7 | 3 | I | Gunda Kleemann | East Germany | 7:34.59 | +20.46 | |
| 8 | 1O | I | Jasmin Krohn | Sweden | 7:36.56 | +22.43 | |
| 9 | 12 | O | Han Chun-ok | North Korea | 7:36.81 | +22.68 | |
| 10 | 7 | O | Jane Goldman | United States | 7:36.98 | +22.85 | |
| 11 | 2 | O | Mary Docter | United States | 7:37.00 | +22.87 | |
| 12 | 9 | I | Elena Belci | Italy | 7:37.23 | +23.10 | |
| 13 | 3 | O | Marieke Stam | Netherlands | 7:38.02 | +23.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | I | Ingrid Paul | Netherlands | 7:40.67 | +26.54 | |
| 15 | 7 | I | Yelena Tumanova | Soviet Union | 7:40.82 | +26.69 | |
| 16 | 8 | I | Wang Xiaoyan | China | 7:46.30 | +32.17 | |
| 17 | 11 | O | Kim Young-ok | South Korea | 7:46.51 | +32.38 | |
| 18 | 9 | O | Natalie Grenier | Canada | 7:46.96 | +32.84 | |
| 19 | 4 | I | Natsue Seki | Japan | 7:47.43 | +33.30 | |
| 20 | 8 | O | Ariane Loignon | Canada | 7:49.55 | +35.42 | |
| 21 | 13 | I | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Poland | 7:50.43 | +36.30 | |
| 22 | 12 | I | Nancy Swider-Peltz | United States | 7:52.12 | +37.99 | |
| 23 | 1O | O | Kathy Gordon | Canada | 7:53.30 | +39.17 | |
| 24 | 11 | I | Minna Nystedt | Norway | 7:54.11 | +39.98 | |
| 25 | 6 | O | Stéphanie Dumont | France | 8:00.40 | +46.27 | |
