Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on February 20th, at the M-Wave.

## Records

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

| World record | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) | 7:03.26 | Calgary, Canada | 26 March 1994 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Yvonne van Gennip (NED) | 7:14.13 | Calgary, Canada | 28 February 1988 |

The following new World and Olympic records was set during this competition.

| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February 20th | Pair 2 | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 7:12.77 | OR | |
| February 20th | Pair 5 | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Kazakhstan | 7:11.14 | OR | |
| February 20th | Pair 7 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Germany | 6:59.65 | OR | WR |
| February 20th | Pair 8 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 6:59.61 | OR | WR |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 8 | O | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 6:59.61 | - | (WR) |
| | 7 | O | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Germany | 6:59.65 | +0.04 | |
| | 5 | O | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Kazakhstan | 7:11.14 | +11.53 | |
| 4 | 6 | O | Barbara de Loor | Netherlands | 7:11.81 | +12.20 | |
| 5 | 2 | O | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 7:12.77 | +13.16 | |
| 6 | 3 | O | Carla Zijlstra | Netherlands | 7:12.89 | +13.28 | |
| 7 | 5 | I | Kirstin Holum | United States | 7:14.20 | +14.59 | |
| 8 | 6 | I | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 7:15.23 | +15.62 | |
| 9 | 4 | I | Elena Belci | Italy | 7:15.58 | +15.97 | |
| 10 | 7 | I | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States | 7:16.78 | +17.17 | |
| 11 | 1 | O | Mie Uehara | Japan | 7:21.72 | +22.11 | |
| 12 | 3 | I | Svetlana Vysokova | Russia | 7:22.18 | +22.58 | |
| 13 | 1 | I | Anette Tønsberg | Norway | 7:28.39 | +28.78 | |
| 14 | 8 | I | Heike Warnicke | Germany | 7:30.83 | +31.22 | |
| 15 | 2 | I | Nami Nemoto | Japan | 7:36.77 | +37.16 | |
