Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres explained

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	3	O	1:21.90	-
	6	I	1:21.92	+0.02
	6	O	1:22.10	+0.20
4	1	O	1:22.60	+0.70
5	2	O	1:22.63	+0.73
6	10	O	1:22.85	+0.95
7	16	O	1:22.97	+1.07
8	13	O	1:23.06	+1.16
9	4	I	1:23.31	+1.41
10	4	O	1:23.40	+1.50
11	5	O	1:23.49	+1.59
12	7	I	1:23.50	+1.60
13	10	I	1:23.85	+1.95
14	3	I	1:24.11	+2.21
15	9	O	1:24.14	+2.24
16	2	I	1:24.21	+2.31
17	11	O	1:24.27	+2.37
18	12	I	1:24.28	+2.38
18	11	I	1:24.28	+2.38
20	7	O	1:24.30	+2.40
21	14	I	1:24.54	+2.64
22	18	I	1:24.71	+2.81
23	5	I	1:24.96	+3.06
24	15	I	1:25.00	+3.10
25	9	I	1:25.04	+3.14
26	18	O	1:25.10	+3.20
27	13	I	1:25.11	+3.21
28	1	I	1:25.21	+3.31
29	12	O	1:25.31	+3.41
30	14	O	1:25.80	+3.90
31	8	O	1:25.91	+4.01
32	8	I	1:26.13	+4.23
33	17	I	1:26.49	+4.59
34	17	O	1:27.81	+5.91
-	15	O	DNF
-	16	I	DQ

Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/SSK/womens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.