Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 25 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:Results
| Rank | Pair | Name | Country | Time | Behind |
| 4 | Claudia Pechstein | | 7:14.37 | - |
| 6 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann | | 7:14.88 | +0.51 |
| 5 | Hiromi Yamamoto | | 7:19.68 | +5.31 |
| 4 | 2 | Elena Belci | | 7:20.33 | +5.96 |
| 5 | 6 | Svetlana Bazhanova | | 7:22.68 | +8.31 |
| 6 | 8 | Lyudmila Prokasheva | | 7:28.58 | +14.21 |
| 7 | 7 | Carla Zijlstra | | 7:29.42 | +15.05 |
| 8 | 7 | Seiko Hashimoto | | 7:29.79 | +15.42 |
| 9 | 1 | Miki Ogasawara | | 7:30.47 | +16.10 |
| 10 | 1 | Annamarie Thomas | | 7:32.39 | +18.02 |
| 11 | 2 | Tonny de Jong | | 7:36.07 | +21.70 |
| 12 | 8 | Emese Hunyady | | 7:38.62 | +24.25 |
| 13 | 3 | Tatyana Trapeznikova | | 7:40.55 | +26.18 |
| 14 | 5 | Cerasela Hordobețiu | | 7:41.65 | +27.28 |
| 15 | 3 | Emese Dörfler-Antal | | 7:46.78 | +32.41 |
| 16 | 4 | Ingrid Liepa | | 7:49.39 | +35.02 |
