| 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 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2002 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 | |
The women's 3000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]
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.
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