Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the M-Wave.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new World and Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Time	OR
11 February	Pair 11	4:11.64	OR
11 February	Pair 12	4:09.44	OR
11 February	Pair 13	4:08.47	OR
11 February	Pair 15	4:07.29	OR

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	15	O	4:07.29	-
	13	O	4:08.47	+1.18
	12	O	4:09.44	+2.15
4	11	O	4:11.64	+4.35
5	13	I	4:12.01	+4.72
6	15	I	4:12.24	+4.95
7	9	O	4:14.23	+6.94
8	10	I	4:14.38	+7.09
9	16	I	4:16.43	+9.14
10	16	O	4:16.45	+9.16
11	14	I	4:16.62	+9.33
12	5	I	4:17.70	+10.41
13	9	I	4:17.76	+10.47
14	10	O	4:17.92	+10.63
15	12	I	4:19.24	+11.95
16	14	O	4:19.54	+12.25
17	6	I	4:19.60	+12.31
18	11	I	4:20.72	+13.43
19	7	I	4:20.81	+13.52
20	5	O	4:21.10	+13.81
21	6	O	4:21.66	+14.37
22	2	O	4:22.55	+15.26
23	7	O	4:24.50	+17.21
24	8	O	4:26.65	+19.36
25	8	I	4:27.99	+ 20.70
26	4	O	4:28.99	+ 21.70
27	3	O	4:33.67	+26.38
28	1	I	4:33.77	+26.48
29	4	I	4:36.97	+29.68
30	2	I	4:37.27	+29.98
31	3	I	4:42.07	+34.78

Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 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.