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Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]

Women's 3000 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 20
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time4:32.13 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bjørg Eva Jensen
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Becker
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Beth Heiden
 United States
← 1976
1984 →

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Galina Stepanskaya (URS) 4:31.00 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 23 March 1976
Olympic record   Tatyana Averina (URS) 4:45.19 Innsbruck, Austria 8 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
20 February Pair 1 Bjørg Eva Jensen   Norway 4:32.13 OR

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
  1 o Bjørg Eva Jensen   Norway 4:32.13 – OR
  2 o Sabine Becker   East Germany 4:32.79 +0.66
  1 i Beth Heiden   United States 4:33.77 +1.64
4 11 i Andrea Mitscherlich   East Germany 4:37.69 +5.56
5 3 o Erwina Ryś-Ferens   Poland 4:37.89 +5.76
6 4 i Mary Docter   United States 4:39.29 +7.16
7 4 o Sylvia Filipsson   Sweden 4:40.22 +8.09
8 6 o Nataliya Petrusyova   Soviet Union 4:42.59 +10.46
9 2 i Olga Pleshkova   Soviet Union 4:43.11 +10.89
10 8 i Sarah Docter   United States 4:43.30 +11.17
11 3 i Brenda Webster   Canada 4:43.67 +11.54
12 9 i Sylvia Burka   Canada 4:44.22 +12.09
13 6 i Annie Borckink   Netherlands 4:47.35 +15.22
14 10 i Sylvia Albrecht   East Germany 4:47.76 +15.63
15 11 o Anneli Repola   Finland 4:50.51 +18.38
16 8 o Sijtje van der Lende   Netherlands 4:51.53 +19.40
17 5 o Valentina Lalenkova   Soviet Union 4:51.72 +19.59
18 7 o Annette Karlsson   Sweden 4:52.70 +20.57
19 9 i Sigrid Smuda   West Germany 4:53.55 +21.42
20 10 o Lisbeth Korsmo   Norway 4:54.95 +22.82
21 7 i Miyoshi Kato   Japan 4:57.39 +25.26
22 13 o Kim Yeong-Hui   South Korea 4:58.41 +26.28
23 14 i Pat Durnin   Canada 4:58.42 +26.29
24 12 o Lee Seong-Ae   South Korea 4:58.77 +26.64
25 14 o Yuko Yaegashi-Ota   Japan 5:00.40 +28.87
26 13 i Mandy Horsepool   Great Britain 5:08.78 +36.65
27 12 i Kong Meiyu   China 5:08.90 +36.77
28 15 i Piao Meiji   China 5:19.07 +46.94
- 5 i Ria Visser   Netherlands DNF

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "3000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
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