The women's 3000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]
| Women's 3000 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Utah Olympic Oval | |||||||||
| Dates | February 10 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:57.70 WR | |||||||||
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Claudia Pechstein won the gold medal at the distance after winning two bronzes and a silver medal in previous Olympics. Favorite Anni Friesinger finished fourth, while all medalists broke the former world record.
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Claudia Pechstein (GER) |
3:59.26 | Calgary, Canada | 2 March 2001 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) |
4:07.29 | Nagano, Japan | 11 February 1998 | [2] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date[2] | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 February | Pair 6 | Emese Hunyady |  Austria |
4:06.55 | OR | |
| 10 February | Pair 10 | Kristina Groves |  Canada |
4:06.44 | OR | |
| 10 February | Pair 13 | Anni Friesinger | Germany |
3:59.39 | OR | |
| 10 February | Pair 15 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany |
3:57.70 | OR | WR |
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Name | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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15 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany |
3:57.70 | - | WR |
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16 | Renate Groenewold |  Netherlands |
3:58.94 | +1.24 | |
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15 | Cindy Klassen | Canada |
3:58.97 | +1.27 | |
| 4 | 13 | Anni Friesinger | Germany |
3:59.39 | +1.69 | |
| 5 | 14 | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands |
4:00.49 | +2.79 | |
| 6 | 14 | Maki Tabata |  Japan |
4:03.63 | +5.93 | |
| 7 | 13 | Jennifer Rodriguez |  United States |
4:04.99 | +7.29 | |
| 8 | 10 | Kristina Groves | Canada |
4:06.44 | +8.74 | |
| 9 | 6 | Emese Hunyady | Austria |
4:06.55 | +8.85 | |
| 10 | 7 | Clara Hughes | Canada |
4:06.57 | +8.87 | |
| 11 | 10 | Gretha Smit | Netherlands |
4:07.41 | +9.71 | |
| 12 | 7 | Daniela Anschütz | Germany |
4:07.55 | +9.85 | |
| 13 | 8 | Catherine Raney | United States |
4:07.59 | +9.89 | |
| 14 | 9 | Varvara Barysheva |  Russia |
4:08.02 | +10.32 | |
| 15 | 16 | Tatyana Trapeznikova | Russia |
4:08.49 | +10.79 | |
| 16 | 5 | Lyudmila Prokasheva |  Kazakhstan |
4:09.74 | +12.04 | |
| 17 | 12 | Valentina Yakshina | Russia |
4:11.48 | +13.78 | |
| 18 | 11 | Nami Nemoto | Japan |
4:11.92 | +14.22 | |
| 19 | 12 | Eriko Seo | Japan |
4:12.33 | +14.63 | |
| 20 | 9 | Gao Yang |  China |
4:12.39 | +14.69 | |
| 21 | 13 | Annie Driscoll | United States |
4:15.61 | +17.91 | |
| 22 | 13 | Nicola Mayr |  Italy |
4:15.79 | +18.09 | |
| 23 | 13 | Zhang Xiaolei | China |
4:16.53 | +18.83 | |
| 24 | 13 | Andrea Jakab |  Romania |
4:17.03 | +19.33 | |
| 25 | 13 | Bak Eun-Bi |  South Korea |
4:18.15 | +20.45 | |
| 26 | 13 | Katarzyna Wójcicka |  Poland |
4:19.10 | +21.40 | |
| 27 | 13 | Marina Pupina | Kazakhstan |
4:20.04 | +22.34 | |
| 28 | 13 | Anzhelika Gavrilova | Kazakhstan |
4:20.36 | +22.66 | |
| 29 | 13 | Daniela Oltean | Romania |
4:21.73 | +24.03 | |
| 30 | 13 | Ilonda Luse |  Latvia |
4:23.13 | +25.43 | |
| 31 | 13 | Yelena Myagkikh |  Ukraine |
4:24.64 | +26.94 | |
| 32 | 13 | Svetlana Chepelnikova |  Belarus |
4:24.96 | +27.26 |
References edit
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.