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

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Women's 3000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 10
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Winning time3:57.70 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renate Groenewold
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cindy Klassen
 Canada
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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

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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

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Rank Pair Name Country Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 3:57.70 - WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 16 Renate Groenewold  Netherlands 3:58.94 +1.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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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