Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall. 27 competitors from 14 nations participated in competition.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	7	I	4:17.43	-
	4	I	4:18.14	+0.71
	1	I	4:18.34	+0.91
4	6	I	4:19.33	+1.90
5	9	I	4:19.82	+2.39
6	14	O	4:21.07	+3.64
7	5	I	4:22.37	+4.94
8	2	I	4:22.42	+4.99
9	1	O	4:23.42	+5.99
10	4	O	4:25.27	+7.84
11	7	O	4:25.88	+8.45
12	8	O	4:27.82	+10.39
13	9	O	4:27.91	+10.48
14	5	O	4:28.28	+10.85
15	2	O	4:28.43	+11.00
16	8	I	4:28.86	+11.43
17	10	O	4:29.31	+11.88
18	13	I	4:32.34	+14.91
19	13	O	4:33.08	+15.65
20	11	I	4:33.34	+15.91
21	11	O	4:34.14	+16.71
22	10	I	4:34.64	+17.21
23	12	O	4:34.86	+17.43
24	14	I	4:45.56	+28.13
25	12	I	4:47.75	+30.32
-	3	O	DQ
-	6	I	DQ

Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Red in the competition.port - 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 3,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214011/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/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 30, 2016.
Web site: 3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 30, 2016.