Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 3000 metres
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates:	February 20
Competitors:	29
Nations:	14
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	4:32.13 OR
Gold:	Bjørg Eva Jensen
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Sabine Becker
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Beth Heiden
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new Olympic record was set.

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	1	o	4:32.13
	2	o	4:32.79
	1	i	4:33.77
4	11	i	4:37.69
5	3	o	4:37.89
6	4	i	4:39.29
7	4	o	4:40.22
8	6	o	4:42.59	+10.46
9	2	i	4:43.11	+10.89
10	8	i	4:43.30	+11.17
11	3	i	4:43.67	+11.54
12	9	i	4:44.22	+12.09
13	6	i	4:47.35	+15.22
14	10	i	4:47.76	+15.63
15	11	o	4:50.51	+18.38
16	8	o	4:51.53	+19.40
17	5	o	4:51.72	+19.59
18	7	o	4:52.70	+20.57
19	9	i	4:53.55	+21.42
20	10	o	4:54.95	+22.82
21	7	i	4:57.39	+25.26
22	13	o	4:58.41	+26.28
23	14	i	4:58.42	+26.29
24	12	o	4:58.77	+26.64
25	14	o	5:00.40	+28.87
26	13	i	5:08.78	+36.65
27	12	i	5:08.90	+36.77
28	15	i	5:19.07	+46.94
-	5	i	DNF

Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. January 29, 2014.
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: 3000m Ladies World Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 1, 2016.
Web site: 3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 1, 2016.