Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Zetra Ice Rink
Dates	February 15
Competitors	26 from 14 nations
Winning time	4:24.79
Medalists
Andrea Schöne   East Germany   Karin Enke   East Germany   Gabi Zange   East Germany

Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Gabi Zange (GDR)	4:21.70	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	28 March 1981
Olympic record	Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR)	4:32.13	Lake Placid, United States	20 February 1980

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
15 February	Andrea Schone (GDR)	4:27.79	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Andrea Schöne	East Germany	4:24.79	OR
	Karin Enke	East Germany	4:26.33
	Gabi Zange	East Germany	4:33.13
4	Olga Pleshkova	Soviet Union	4:34.42
5	Yvonne van Gennip	Netherlands	4:34.80
6	Mary Docter	United States	4:36.25
7	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Norway	4:36.28
8	Valentina Lalenkova	Soviet Union	4:37.36
9	Nataliya Petrusyova	Soviet Union	4:39.36
10	Nancy Swider-Peltz	United States	4:40.10
11	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	Sweden	4:40.36
12	Jane Goldman	United States	4:42.49
13	Thea Limbach	Netherlands	4:42.84
14	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	4:42.90
15	Natalie Grenier	Canada	4:48.60
16	Pak Gum-Hyon	North Korea	4:49.26
17	Han Chun-Ok	North Korea	4:51.91
18	Sigrid Smuda	West Germany	4:53.22
19	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	4:53.38
20	Kim Chang-Hae	North Korea	4:58.41
21	Wang Guifang	China	4:59.32
22	Wang Xiuli	China	5:00.15
23	Kong Meiyu	China	5:03.43
24	Lee Kyung-Ja	South Korea	5:07.12
25	Ria Visser	Netherlands	5:14.80
26	Bibija Kerla	Yugoslavia	5:37.67

References

1. "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference - 1984 - Women's 3000 metres