Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.

## Records

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

| World record | Yvonne van Gennip (NED) | 7:14.13 | Calgary, Canada | 28 February 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Yvonne van Gennip (NED) | 7:14.13 | Calgary, Canada | 28 February 1988 |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | I | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann | Germany | 7:31.57 | - |
| | 3 | I | Heike Warnicke | Germany | 7:37.59 | +6.02 |
| | 5 | I | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 7:39.80 | +8.23 |
| 4 | 3 | O | Carla Zijlstra | Netherlands | 7:41.10 | +9.53 |
| 5 | 6 | I | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Unified Team | 7:41.65 | +10.08 |
| 6 | 2 | O | Svetlana Boyko | Unified Team | 7:44.19 | +12.62 |
| 7 | 7 | I | Svetlana Bazhanova | Unified Team | 7:45.55 | +13.98 |
| 8 | 5 | O | Lia van Schie | Netherlands | 7:46.94 | +15.37 |
| 9 | 9 | O | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 7:47.65 | +16.08 |
| 10 | 6 | O | Elena Belci-Dal Farra | Italy | 7:50.42 | +18.85 |
| 11 | 11 | O | Jasmin Krohn | Sweden | 7:50.64 | +19.07 |
| 12 | 8 | I | Yumi Kaeriyama | Japan | 7:50.77 | +19.20 |
| 13 | 4 | O | Mihaela Dascălu | Romania | 7:54.03 | +22.46 |
| 14 | 10 | I | Mie Uehara | Japan | 7:54.15 | +22.57 |
| 15 | 1 | I | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 7:56.48 | +24.91 |
| 16 | 12 | I | Liu Junhong | China | 8:04.31 | +32.74 |
| 17 | 8 | O | Mary Docter | United States | 8:04.42 | +32.85 |
| 18 | 10 | O | Zhang Qing | China | 8:04.71 | +33.14 |
| 19 | 13 | I | Cerasela Hordobețiu | Romania | 8:07.16 | +35.59 |
| 20 | 7 | O | Elke Felicetti | Italy | 8:08.44 | +36.87 |
| 21 | 2 | I | Anette Tønsberg | Norway | 8:09.68 | +38.11 |
| 22 | 12 | O | Else Ragni Yttredal | Norway | 8:09.69 | +38.12 |
| 23 | 13 | O | Tara Laszlo | United States | 8:15.00 | +43.43 |
| 24 | 9 | I | Michelle Kline | United States | 8:20.88 | +49.31 |
