Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres


The women's 3000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung on 10 February 2018.

Summary

Competitors included reigning 2014 champion Ireen Wüst, 2010 champion Martina Sáblíková, and 2002 victor Claudia Pechstein. The 2014 bronze medallist Olga Graf qualified for the event but decided not to compete.
Skating in the 5th pair, Carlijn Achtereekte posted the then-fastest time and remained in the gold medal position throughout the event. In the 9th pair Ireen Wüst held a lead over Achtereekte's time for most of her race, but ultimately finished 0.08 seconds behind to take second place. In the 11th pair Antoinette de Jong posted the third fastest time, and in the final pair Martina Sáblíková came up half a second short of the bronze medal position, finishing fourth. There was a podium sweep for the Netherlands.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye, member of the International Olympic Committee; accompanied by Sergio Anesi, ISU council member.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
No new records were set during the competition.

Results

The races were started at 20:00.
RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
5ICarlijn Achtereekte3:59.21
9IIreen Wüst3:59.29
11OAntoinette de Jong4:00.02
12OMartina Sáblíková4:00.54
11IMiho Takagi4:01.35
10IIvanie Blondin4:04.14
9OIsabelle Weidemann4:04.26
3OAyano Sato4:04.35
10OClaudia Pechstein4:04.49
1012INatalya Voronina4:05.85
118OMaryna Zuyeva4:05.96
121IIda Njåtun4:06.67
136IFrancesca Lollobrigida4:08.58
143ILuiza Złotkowska4:09.69+10.48
152ONikola Zdráhalová4:11.36+12.15
165OKarolina Bosiek4:12.44+13.23
174OKatarzyna Bachleda-Curuś4:12.57+13.36
181OKim Bo-reum4:12.79+13.58
198IAyaka Kikuchi4:13.25+14.04
207OBrianne Tutt4:13.70+14.49
216OHao Jiachen4:15.56+16.35
227ICarlijn Schoutens4:15.60+16.39
234IRoxanne Dufter4:16.87+17.66
242ILiu Jing4:20.95+21.74