The women's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
After suffering from mononucleosis, Chris Witty skated a new world record to a surprise win. Jennifer Rodriguez became the first US Hispanic woman to win an Olympic speed skating medal.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date Round Athlete Country Time OR WR 17 February Pair 6 Varvara Barysheva 1:16.49 OR 17 February Pair 7 Anzhelika Kotyuga 1:15.03 OR 17 February Pair 11 Marianne Timmer 1:14.45 OR 17 February Pair 15 Chris Witty 1:13.83 OR WR
Results
Rank Pair Name Country Time Behind Notes 15 Chris Witty 1:13.83 - WR 17 Sabine Völker 1:13.96 +0.13 16 Jennifer Rodriguez 1:14.24 +0.41 4 11 Marianne Timmer 1:14.45 +0.62 5 16 Anni Friesinger 1:14.47 +0.64 6 18 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt 1:14.60 +0.77 7 17 Aki Tonoike 1:14.64 +0.81 8 13 Andrea Nuyt 1:14.65 +0.82 9 15 Catriona Le May Doan 1:14.72 +0.89 10 12 Chiara Simionato 1:14.86 +1.03 11 18 Svetlana Zhurova 1:15.02 +1.19 12 7 Anzhelika Kotyuga 1:15.03 +1.20 13 14 Cindy Klassen 1:15.08 +1.25 14 11 Amy Sannes 1:15.09 +1.26 15 12 Annamarie Thomas 1:15.20 +1.37 16 9 Becky Sundstrom 1:15.88 +2.05 17 13 Eriko Sanmiya 1:16.26 +2.43 18 8 Marieke Wijsman 1:16.48 +2.65 18 8 Sayuri Osuga 1:16.48 +2.65 20 6 Varvara Barysheva 1:16.49 +2.66 21 9 Marion Wohlrab 1:16.51 +2.68 22 3 Song Li 1:16.71 +2.88 23 10 Svetlana Kaykan 1:16.93 +3.10 24 4 Krisztina Egyed 1:17.11 +3.28 25 7 Jin Hua 1:17.35 +3.52 26 10 Wang Manli 1:17.37 +3.54 27 6 Susan Auch 1:17.89 +4.06 28 1 Lyudmila Prokasheva 1:18.19 +4.36 29 5 Cho Seon-yeon 1:18.36 +4.53 30 2 You Yanchun 1:18.74 +4.91 31 2 Lee Yong-joo 1:18.79 +4.96 32 1 Choi Seung-yong 1:18.88 +5.05 33 3 Svetlana Radkevich 1:18.93 +5.10 34 5 Andrea Jakab 1:19.60 +5.77 35 4 Yelena Myagkikh 1:20.13 +6.30 14 Maki Tabata DQ -
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