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Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the M-Wave.[1][2]

Women's 3000 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 11
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Winning time4:07.29 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anni Friesinger
 Germany
← 1994
2002 →

Records edit

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

World record   Claudia Pechstein (GER) 4:07.13 Hamar, Norway 13 December 1997
Olympic record   Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 4:11.94 Calgary, Canada 23 February 1988

The following new World and Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
11 February Pair 11 Jennifer Rodriguez   United States 4:11.64 OR
11 February Pair 12 Anni Friesinger   Germany 4:09.44 OR
11 February Pair 13 Claudia Pechstein   Germany 4:08.47 OR
11 February Pair 15 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany 4:07.29 OR

Results edit

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Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Behind Notes
  15 O Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany 4:07.29 - OR
  13 O Claudia Pechstein   Germany 4:08.47 +1.18
  12 O Anni Friesinger   Germany 4:09.44 +2.15
4 11 O Jennifer Rodriguez   United States 4:11.64 +4.35
5 13 I Emese Hunyady   Austria 4:12.01 +4.72
6 15 I Kirstin Holum   United States 4:12.24 +4.95
7 9 O Lyudmila Prokasheva   Kazakhstan 4:14.23 +6.94
8 10 I Annamarie Thomas   Netherlands 4:14.38 +7.09
9 16 I Carla Zijlstra   Netherlands 4:16.43 +9.14
10 16 O Svetlana Bazhanova   Russia 4:16.45 +9.16
11 14 I Elena Belci   Italy 4:16.62 +9.33
12 5 I Svetlana Vysokova   Russia 4:17.70 +10.41
13 9 I Tatyana Trapeznikova   Russia 4:17.76 +10.47
14 10 O Mie Uehara   Japan 4:17.92 +10.63
15 12 I Anette Tønsberg   Norway 4:19.24 +11.95
16 14 O Tonny de Jong   Netherlands 4:19.54 +12.25
17 6 I Chiharu Nozaki   Japan 4:19.60 +12.31
18 11 I Noriko Munekata   Japan 4:20.72 +13.43
19 7 I Cindy Overland   Canada 4:20.81 +13.52
20 5 O Lee Gyeong-nam   South Korea 4:21.10 +13.81
21 6 O Susan Massitti   Canada 4:21.66 +14.37
22 2 O Catherine Raney-Norman   United States 4:22.55 +15.26
23 7 O Baeg Eun-bi   South Korea 4:24.50 +17.21
24 8 O Mihaela Dascălu   Romania 4:26.65 +19.36
25 8 I Ingrid Liepa   Canada 4:27.99 + 20.70
26 4 O Song Li   China 4:28.99 + 21.70
27 3 O Emese Dörfler-Antal   Austria 4:33.67 +26.38
28 1 I Ilonda Lūse   Latvia 4:33.77 +26.48
29 4 I Svetlana Chepelnikova   Belarus 4:36.97 +29.68
30 2 I Svitlana Konstantynova   Ukraine 4:37.27 +29.98
31 3 I Kenzhesh Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva   Kazakhstan 4:42.07 +34.78

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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