Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Women's 1000 metres; at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	February 17
Competitors	35 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:13.83 WR
Medalists
	← 1998 2006 →

The women's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.^[1]

After suffering from mononucleosis, Chris Witty skated a new world record to a surprise win. Jennifer Rodriguez became the first US Hispanic woman to win an Olympic speed skating medal.^{[citation needed]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Sabine Völker (GER)	1:14.06	Salt Lake City, United States	1 December 2001	^[2]
Olympic record	Marianne Timmer (NED)	1:16.51	Nagano, Japan	19 February 1998	^[2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date^[2]	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
17 February	Pair 6	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	1:16.49	OR
17 February	Pair 7	Anzhelika Kotyuga	Belarus	1:15.03	OR
17 February	Pair 11	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1:14.45	OR
17 February	Pair 15	Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	OR	WR

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	15	Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	-	WR
	17	Sabine Völker	Germany	1:13.96	+0.13
	16	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1:14.24	+0.41
4	11	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1:14.45	+0.62
5	16	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:14.47	+0.64
6	18	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Germany	1:14.60	+0.77
7	17	Aki Tonoike	Japan	1:14.64	+0.81
8	13	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	1:14.65	+0.82
9	15	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	1:14.72	+0.89
10	12	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1:14.86	+1.03
11	18	Svetlana Zhurova	Russia	1:15.02	+1.19
12	7	Anzhelika Kotyuga	Belarus	1:15.03	+1.20
13	14	Cindy Klassen	Canada	1:15.08	+1.25
14	11	Amy Sannes	United States	1:15.09	+1.26
15	12	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1:15.20	+1.37
16	9	Becky Sundstrom	United States	1:15.88	+2.05
17	13	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	1:16.26	+2.43
18	8	Marieke Wijsman	Netherlands	1:16.48	+2.65
18	8	Sayuri Osuga	Japan	1:16.48	+2.65
20	6	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	1:16.49	+2.66
21	9	Marion Wohlrab	Germany	1:16.51	+2.68
22	3	Song Li	China	1:16.71	+2.88
23	10	Svetlana Kaykan	Russia	1:16.93	+3.10
24	4	Krisztina Egyed	Hungary	1:17.11	+3.28
25	7	Jin Hua	China	1:17.35	+3.52
26	10	Wang Manli	China	1:17.37	+3.54
27	6	Susan Auch	Canada	1:17.89	+4.06
28	1	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	1:18.19	+4.36
29	5	Cho Seon-yeon	South Korea	1:18.36	+4.53
30	2	You Yanchun	China	1:18.74	+4.91
31	2	Lee Yong-joo	South Korea	1:18.79	+4.96
32	1	Choi Seung-yong	South Korea	1:18.88	+5.05
33	3	Svetlana Radkevich	Belarus	1:18.93	+5.10
34	5	Andrea Jakab	Romania	1:19.60	+5.77
35	4	Yelena Myagkikh	Ukraine	1:20.13	+6.30
-	14	Maki Tabata	Japan	DQ	-