Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres explained

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	2	O	1:18.74	-
	3	I	1:20.12	+1.38
	2	I	1:20.22	+1.48
4	6	I	1:20.25	+1.51
5	5	O	1:20.32	+1.58
6	5	I	1:20.37	+1.63
7	11	O	1:20.42	+1.68
8	3	O	1:20.72	+1.98
9	12	I	1:20.82	+2.08
10	15	I	1:20.84	+2.10
11	9	O	1:20.89	+2.15
12	4	O	1:20.93	+2.19
12	6	O	1:20.93	+2.19
14	11	I	1:20.94	+2.20
15	1	O	1:21.40	+2.66
16	16	I	1:21.48	+2.74
17	8	I	1:21.94	+3.20
18	4	I	1:21.96	+3.22
19	1	I	1:21.98	+3.24
20	10	I	1:22.16	+3.42
21	7	O	1:22.31	+3.57
22	13	I	1:22.34	+3.60
23	17	I	1:22.42	+3.68
24	14	I	1:22.44	+3.70
24	18	I	1:22.44	+3.70
26	9	I	1:22.98	+4.24
27	8	O	1:23.15	+4.41
28	10	O	1:23.19	+4.45
28	16	O	1:23.19	+4.53
30	12	O	1:23.27	+4.53
31	7	I	1:23.52	+4.78
32	13	O	1:24.19	+5.45
33	14	O	1:24.41	+5.67
34	18	O	1:24.71	+5.97
35	17	O	1:25.67	+6.93
36	15	O	1:25.93	+7.19

Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee . 1994 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202195105/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF . December 2, 2010 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/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.