Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Olympic Oval
Dates	February 26
Competitors	27 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:17.65
Medalists
Christa Rothenburger   East Germany   Karin Kania   East Germany   Bonnie Blair   United States

Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February, at the Olympic Oval.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Karin Kania (GDR)	1:18.11	Calgary, Canada	5 December 1987
Olympic record	Karin Kania (GDR)	1:21.61	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	13 February 1984

The following new world and olympic records was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
26 February	Pair 3	Bonnie Blair	United States	1:18.31	OR
26 February	Pair 4	Karin Enke	East Germany	1:17.70	OR	WR
26 February	Pair 5	Christa Rothenburger	East Germany	1:17.65	OR	WR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Christa Rothenburger	East Germany	1:17.65	(WR)
	Karin Kania	East Germany	1:17.70
	Bonnie Blair	United States	1:18.31
4	Andrea Ehrig	East Germany	1:19.32
5	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	1:19.75
6	Angela Stahnke	East Germany	1:20.05
7	Leslie Bader	United States	1:21.09
8	Katie Class	United States	1:21.10
9	Natalie Grenier	Canada	1:21.15
10	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	1:21.44
11	Shoko Fusano	Japan	1:21.47
12	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	1:21.63
13	Zofia Tokarczyk	Poland	1:21.80
14	Shelley Rhead-Skarvan	Canada	1:21.84
15	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	1:21.90
16	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1:22.22
17	Yoo Seon-Hee	South Korea	1:22.35
18	Yelena Ilyina	Soviet Union	1:22.40
19	Ariane Loignon	Canada	1:22.75
20	Natalya Glebova	Soviet Union	1:22.99
21	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands	1:23.15
22	Noriko Toda	Japan	1:23.49
23	Han Chun-Ok	North Korea	1:24.26
24	Nancy Swider-Peltz	United States	1:24.81
25	Marie-Pierre Lamarche	Canada	1:25.18
26	Bibija Kerla	Yugoslavia	1:30.89
-	Song Hwa-Son	North Korea	DQ

References

1. "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. 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 - 1988 - Women's 1000 metres