Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

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
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	February 10
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Winning time	3:57.70 WR
Medalists
Claudia Pechstein  Germany Renate Groenewold  Netherlands Cindy Klassen  Canada
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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

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

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	15	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	-	WR
	16	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	3:58.94	+1.24
	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

1. . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
2. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.