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.
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.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeORWR
10 FebruaryPair 6Emese Hunyady4:06.55OR
10 FebruaryPair 10Kristina Groves4:06.44OR
10 FebruaryPair 13Anni Friesinger3:59.39OR
10 FebruaryPair 15Claudia Pechstein3:57.70ORWR

Results

RankPairNameCountryTimeBehindNotes
15Claudia Pechstein3:57.70-WR
16Renate Groenewold3:58.94+1.24
15Cindy Klassen3:58.97+1.27
413Anni Friesinger3:59.39+1.69
514Tonny de Jong4:00.49+2.79
614Maki Tabata4:03.63+5.93
713Jennifer Rodriguez4:04.99+7.29
810Kristina Groves4:06.44+8.74
96Emese Hunyady4:06.55+8.85
107Clara Hughes4:06.57+8.87
1110Gretha Smit4:07.41+9.71
127Daniela Anschütz4:07.55+9.85
138Catherine Raney4:07.59+9.89
149Varvara Barysheva4:08.02+10.32
1516Tatyana Trapeznikova4:08.49+10.79
165Lyudmila Prokasheva4:09.74+12.04
1712Valentina Yakshina4:11.48+13.78
1811Nami Nemoto4:11.92+14.22
1912Eriko Seo4:12.33+14.63
209Gao Yang4:12.39+14.69
2113Annie Driscoll4:15.61+17.91
2213Nicola Mayr4:15.79+18.09
2313Zhang Xiaolei4:16.53+18.83
2413Andrea Jakab4:17.03+19.33
2513Bak Eun-Bi4:18.15+20.45
2613Katarzyna Wójcicka4:19.10+21.40
2713Marina Pupina4:20.04+22.34
2813Anzhelika Gavrilova4:20.36+22.66
2913Daniela Oltean4:21.73+24.03
3013Ilonda Luse4:23.13+25.43
3113Yelena Myagkikh4:24.64+26.94
3213Svetlana Chepelnikova4:24.96+27.26