Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 9 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
	6	O	4:19.90	-
	1	O	4:22.88	+2.98
	1	I	4:24.64	+4.74
4	3	I	4:27.18	+7.28
5	6	I	4:28.00	+8.10
6	5	O	4:28.10	+8.20
7	4	I	4:28.19	+8.29
8	5	I	4:28.52	+8.62
9	2	I	4:30.57	+10.67
10	11	I	4:30.76	+10.86
11	8	O	4:31.98	+12.08
12	9	O	4:32.12	+12.22
13	7	I	4:33.53	+13.63
14	8	I	4:34.28	+14.38
15	11	O	4:34.51	+14.61
16	12	I	4:36.98	+17.08
17	10	O	4:37.54	+17.61
18	13	I	4:38.08	+18.18
19	3	O	4:38.39	+18.48
20	2	O	4:38.66	+18.76
21	9	I	4:39.46	+19.56
22	7	O	4:41.88	+21.98
23	4	O	4:44.14	+24.24
24	10	I	4:44.56	+24.66
25	12	O	4:45.65	+25.75
26	13	O	4:49.13	+29.23

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 3,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214006/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: 3000m Ladies World Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 31, 2016.
Web site: 3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 31, 2016.