Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres


The women's 3000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February, the second day of competition at the Olympics.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
10Ireen Wüst4:02.43
12Renate Groenewold4:03.48+1.05
12Cindy Klassen4:04.37+1.94
413Anni Friesinger4:04.59+2.16
511Claudia Pechstein4:05.54+3.11
611Daniela Anschütz-Thoms4:06.89+4.46
714Martina Sáblíková4:08.42+5.99
813Kristina Groves4:09.03+6.60
914Clara Hughes4:09.17+6.74
106Katarzyna Wójcicka4:09.61+7.18
119Catherine Raney4:10.44+8.01
129Wang Fei4:10.55+8.12
133Eriko Ishino4:11.21+8.78
147Maki Tabata4:12.38+9.95
158Maren Haugli4:12.50+10.07
1610Anna Rokita4:12.87+10.44
173Moniek Kleinsman4:13.81+11.38
187Svetlana Vysokova4:13.94+11.51
192Noh Seon-yeong4:15.68+13.25
204Adelia Marra4:16.27+13.84
205Eriko Seo4:16.27+13.84
228Margaret Crowley4:17.37+14.94
236Annette Bjelkevik4:17.57+15.14
241Valentina Yakshina4:19.43+17.00
255Ji Jia4:21.06+18.63
262Daniela Oltean4:23.34+20.91
274Kristine Holzer4:26.60+24.17
281Nataliya Rybakova4:38.76+36.33

Lap times

Lap times in brackets
  1. Ireen Wüst, Netherlands, 4:02.43
  2. Renate Groenewold, Netherlands, 4:03.48
  3. Cindy Klassen, Canada, 4:04.37
  4. Anni Friesinger, Germany, 4:04.59
  5. Claudia Pechstein, Germany, 4:05.54
  6. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Germany, 4:06.89
  7. Martina Sáblíková, Czech Republic, 4:08.42
  8. Kristina Groves, Canada, 4:09.03
  9. Clara Hughes, Canada, 4:09.17
  10. Katarzyna Wójcicka, Poland, 4:09.61
  11. Catherine Raney, United States, 4:10.44
  12. Wang Fei, China, 4:10.55
  13. Eriko Ishino, Japan, 4:11.21
  14. Maki Tabata, Japan, 4:12.38
  15. Maren Haugli, Norway, 4:12.50
  16. Anna Rokita, Austria, 4:12.87
  17. Moniek Kleinsman, Netherlands, 4:13.81
  18. Svetlana Vysokova, Russia, 4:13.94
  19. Noh Seon-yeong, Korea, 4:15.68
  20. Adelia Marra, Italy, 4:16.27
  21. Eriko Seo, Japan, 4:16.27
  22. Margaret Crowley, United States, 4:17.37
  23. Annette Bjelkevik, Norway, 4:17.57
  24. Valentina Yakshina, Russia, 4:19.43
  25. Ji Jia, China, 4:21.06
  26. Daniela Oltean, Romania, 4:23.34
  27. Kristine Holzer, United States, 4:26.60
  28. Nataliya Rybakova, Kazakhstan, 4:38.76

    Pair order

Skater in inner lane on first lap listed first
  1. Natalya Rybakova, KAZ – Valentina Yakshina, RUS
  2. Daniela Oltean, ROM – Noh Seon-yeong, KOR
  3. Eriko Ishino, JPN – Moniek Kleinsman, NED
  4. Adelia Marra, ITA – Kristine Holzer, USA
  5. Eriko Seo, JPN – Jia Ji, CHN
  6. Katarzyna Wójcicka, POL – Annette Bjelkevik, NOR
  7. Maki Tabata, JPN – Svetlana Vysokova, RUS
  8. Margaret Crowley, USA – Maren Haugli, NOR
  9. Catherine Raney, USA – Wang Fei, CHN
  10. Anna Rokita, AUT – Ireen Wüst, NED
  11. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, GER – Claudia Pechstein, GER
  12. Renate Groenewold, NED – Cindy Klassen, CAN
  13. Anni Friesinger, GER – Kristina Groves, CAN
  14. Clara Hughes, CAN – Martina Sáblíková, CZE