Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Women's 3000 metres
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueZetra Ice Rink
DatesFebruary 15
Competitors26 from 14 nations
Winning time4:24.79
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrea Schöne
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karin Enke
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabi Schönbrunn
 East Germany
← 1980
1988 →

Records edit

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

World record   Gabi Zange (GDR) 4:21.70 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 28 March 1981
Olympic record   Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) 4:32.13 Lake Placid, United States 20 February 1980

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
15 February   Andrea Schöne (GDR) 4:24.79 OR

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
  1 i Andrea Schöne   East Germany 4:24.79 OR
  3 i Karin Enke   East Germany 4:26.33 +1.54
  4 o Gabi Schönbrunn   East Germany 4:33.13 +8.34
4 2 i Olga Pleshkova   Soviet Union 4:34.42 +9.63
5 5 i Yvonne van Gennip   Netherlands 4:34.80 +10.09
6 9 i Mary Docter   United States 4:36.25 +11.46
7 6 i Bjørg Eva Jensen   Norway 4:36.28 +11.49
8 5 o Valentina Lalenkova   Soviet Union 4:37.36 +12.57
9 7 o Natalya Petrusyova   Soviet Union 4:39.36 +14.57
10 3 o Nancy Swider-Peltz   United States 4:40.10 +15.31
11 1 o Annette Carlén   Sweden 4:40.36 +15.57
12 7 i Jane Goldman   United States 4:42.49 +17.70
13 12 o Thea Limbach   Netherlands 4:42.84 +18.05
14 3 i Erwina Ryś-Ferens   Poland 4:42.90 +18.11
15 8 o Natalie Grenier   Canada 4:48.60 +23.81
16 10 i Pak Gum-hyon   North Korea 4:49.26 +24.47
17 11 i Han Chun-ok   North Korea 4:51.91 +27.12
18 8 i Sigrid Smuda   West Germany 4:53.22 +28.43
19 6 o Seiko Hashimoto   Japan 4:53.38 +28.59
20 13 i Kim Chang-hae   North Korea 4:58.41 +33.62
21 10 o Wang Guifang   China 4:59.32 +34.53
22 12 o Wang Xiuli   China 5:00.15 +35.36
23 9 o Kong Meiyu   China 5:03.43 +38.64
24 11 o Lee Kyung-ja   South Korea 5:07.12 +42.33
25 4 i Ria Visser   Netherlands 5:14.80 +50.01
26 13 o Bibija Kerla   Yugoslavia 5:37.67 +1:12.47

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ "3000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.