Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the M-Wave.[1][2]

Women's 1000 metres at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	M-Wave
Dates	February 19
Competitors	40 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:16.51
Medalists
Marianne Timmer  Netherlands Chris Witty  United States Catriona LeMay Doan  Canada

Records

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

World record	Chris Witty (USA)	1:15.43	Calgary, Canada	23 November 1997
Olympic record	Christa Rothenburger (GDR)	1:17.65	Calgary, Canada	26 February 1988

The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
19 February	Pair 17	Catriona LeMay Doan	Canada	1:17.37	OR
19 February	Pair 19	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1:16.51	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	19	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1:16.51	-	OR
	20	Chris Witty	United States	1:16.79	+0.28
	17	Catriona LeMay Doan	Canada	1:17.37	+0.86
4	18	Sabine Völker	Germany	1:17.54	+1.03
5	16	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1:17.95	+1.44
6	15	Becky Sundstrom	United States	1:18.23	+1.72
7	14	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	1:18.27	+1.76
8	18	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	1:18.36	+1.85
9	13	Moira D'Andrea	United States	1:18.38	+1.87
10	17	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	1:18.76	+2.25
11	16	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	1:18.82	+2.31
12	2	Svetlana Zhurova	Russia	1:19.04	+2.53
13	9	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1:19.19	+2.68
14	2	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	1:19.23	+2.72
15		Sandra Zwolle	Netherlands	1:19.29	+2.78
16	13	Anke Baier-Loef	Germany	1:19.42	+2.91
17	14	Nataliya Polozkova	Russia	1:19.78	+3.27
18	20	Susan Auch	Canada	1:19.82	+3.31
19	2	Tatyana Danshina	Russia	1:19.95	+3.44
20	9	Marieke Wijsman	Netherlands	1:20.02	+3.51
21	10	Linda Johnson-Blair	Canada	1:20.42	+3.91
22	15	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	1:20.49	+3.98
23	3	Krisztina Egyed	Hungary	1:21.23	+4.72
24	5	Choi Seung-yong	South Korea	1:21.28	+4.77
25	6	Anzhelika Kotyuga	Belarus	1:21.35	+4.84
26	4	Li Xuesong	China	1:21.54	+5.03
27	1	Anna Savelyeva	Russia	1:21.83	+5.32
28	3	Lesia Bilozub	Ukraine	1:21.84	+5.33
28	11	Xue Ruihong	China	1:21.84	+5.33
30	6	Cheon Hui-ju	South Korea	1:22.06	+5.55
31	2	Wang Manli	China	1:22.13	+5.62
32	8	Yang Chunyuan	China	1:22.20	+5.69
33	11	Sylvie Cantin	Canada	1:22.46	+5.95
34	8	Lyudmila Kostyukevich	Belarus	1:22.58	+6.07
35	4	Kim Ju-hyeon	South Korea	1:23.18	+6.67
36	1	Kim Ok-hui	North Korea	1:23.37	+6.86
37	5	Kim Jong-hui	North Korea	1:23.88	+7.37
38	7	Gang Mi-yeong	South Korea	1:24.18	+7.67
39	7	Ilonda Lūse	Latvia	1:24.32	+7.81
-	19	Franziska Schenk	Germany	DNF

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.