| Women's 5000 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Richmond Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
| Date | 24 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6:50.92 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
The women's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on February 24, 2010. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  | 6:45.61 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 March 2007 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  | 6:46.91 | Salt Lake City, United States | 23 February 2002 |
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time Behind | Notes |
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 | 8 | i | Martina Sáblíková |  | 6:50.91 | 0.00 | TR |
 | 7 | i | Stephanie Beckert | | 6:51.39 | +0.47 | |
 | 5 | o | Clara Hughes |  | 6:55.73 | +4.81 | |
| 4 | 8 | o | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | | 6:58.64 | +7.72 | |
| 5 | 6 | o | Maren Haugli |  | 7:02.19 | +11.27 | |
| 6 | 7 | o | Kristina Groves | | 7:04.57 | +13.65 | |
| 7 | 5 | i | Masako Hozumi |  | 7:04.97 | +14.05 | |
| 8 | 3 | i | Jilleanne Rookard |  | 7:07.48 | +16.56 | |
| 9 | 6 | i | Shiho Ishizawa | | 7:12.23 | +21.31 | |
| 10 | 2 | i | Jorien Voorhuis |  | 7:13.27 | +22.35 | |
| 11 | 4 | i | Elma de Vries | | 7:16.68 | +25.76 | |
| 12 | 1 | o | Cindy Klassen | | 7:22.09 | +31.17 | |
| 13 | 2 | o | Svetlana Vysokova |  | 7:23.33 | +32.41 | |
| 14 | 4 | o | Cathrine Grage |  | 7:23.83 | +32.91 | |
| 15 | 1 | i | Maria Lamb | | 7:25.15 | +34.23 | |
| 3 | o | Katrin Mattscherodt | | DSQ |
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