The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the M-Wave.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new World and Olympic records was set during this competition.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 11 February Pair 11 Jennifer Rodriguez 4:11.64 OR 11 February Pair 12 Anni Friesinger 4:09.44 OR 11 February Pair 13 Claudia Pechstein 4:08.47 OR 11 February Pair 15 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 4:07.29 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Behind Notes 15 O Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 4:07.29 - 13 O Claudia Pechstein 4:08.47 +1.18 12 O Anni Friesinger 4:09.44 +2.15 4 11 O Jennifer Rodriguez 4:11.64 +4.35 5 13 I Emese Hunyady 4:12.01 +4.72 6 15 I Kirstin Holum 4:12.24 +4.95 7 9 O Lyudmila Prokasheva 4:14.23 +6.94 8 10 I Annamarie Thomas 4:14.38 +7.09 9 16 I Carla Zijlstra 4:16.43 +9.14 10 16 O Svetlana Bazhanova 4:16.45 +9.16 11 14 I Elena Belci 4:16.62 +9.33 12 5 I Svetlana Vysokova 4:17.70 +10.41 13 9 I Tatyana Trapeznikova 4:17.76 +10.47 14 10 O Mie Uehara 4:17.92 +10.63 15 12 I Anette Tønsberg 4:19.24 +11.95 16 14 O Tonny de Jong 4:19.54 +12.25 17 6 I Chiharu Nozaki 4:19.60 +12.31 18 11 I Noriko Munekata 4:20.72 +13.43 19 7 I Cindy Overland 4:20.81 +13.52 20 5 O Lee Gyeong-nam 4:21.10 +13.81 21 6 O Susan Massitti 4:21.66 +14.37 22 2 O Catherine Raney-Norman 4:22.55 +15.26 23 7 O Baeg Eun-bi 4:24.50 +17.21 24 8 O Mihaela Dascălu 4:26.65 +19.36 25 8 I Ingrid Liepa 4:27.99 + 20.70 26 4 O Song Li 4:28.99 + 21.70 27 3 O Emese Dörfler-Antal 4:33.67 +26.38 28 1 I Ilonda Lūse 4:33.77 +26.48 29 4 I Svetlana Chepelnikova 4:36.97 +29.68 30 2 I Svitlana Konstantynova 4:37.27 +29.98 31 3 I Kenzhesh Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva 4:42.07 +34.78
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