| Women's 3000 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | |||||||||
| Dates | February 20 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:32.13 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 19761984 → | ||||||||||
| Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Galina Stepanskaya (URS) |
4:31.00 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 23 March 1976 |
| Olympic record |  Tatyana Averina (URS) |
4:45.19 | Innsbruck, Austria | 8 February 1976 |
The following new Olympic record was set.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February | Pair 1 | Bjørg Eva Jensen |  Norway |
4:32.13 | OR |
Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | o | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Norway |
4:32.13 | – | OR |
 |
2 | o | Sabine Becker |  East Germany |
4:32.79 | +0.66 | |
 |
1 | i | Beth Heiden |  United States |
4:33.77 | +1.64 | |
| 4 | 11 | i | Andrea Mitscherlich | East Germany |
4:37.69 | +5.56 | |
| 5 | 3 | o | Erwina Ryś-Ferens |  Poland |
4:37.89 | +5.76 | |
| 6 | 4 | i | Mary Docter | United States |
4:39.29 | +7.16 | |
| 7 | 4 | o | Sylvia Filipsson |  Sweden |
4:40.22 | +8.09 | |
| 8 | 6 | o | Nataliya Petrusyova | Soviet Union |
4:42.59 | +10.46 | |
| 9 | 2 | i | Olga Pleshkova | Soviet Union |
4:43.11 | +10.89 | |
| 10 | 8 | i | Sarah Docter | United States |
4:43.30 | +11.17 | |
| 11 | 3 | i | Brenda Webster |  Canada |
4:43.67 | +11.54 | |
| 12 | 9 | i | Sylvia Burka | Canada |
4:44.22 | +12.09 | |
| 13 | 6 | i | Annie Borckink |  Netherlands |
4:47.35 | +15.22 | |
| 14 | 10 | i | Sylvia Albrecht | East Germany |
4:47.76 | +15.63 | |
| 15 | 11 | o | Anneli Repola |  Finland |
4:50.51 | +18.38 | |
| 16 | 8 | o | Sijtje van der Lende | Netherlands |
4:51.53 | +19.40 | |
| 17 | 5 | o | Valentina Lalenkova | Soviet Union |
4:51.72 | +19.59 | |
| 18 | 7 | o | Annette Karlsson | Sweden |
4:52.70 | +20.57 | |
| 19 | 9 | i | Sigrid Smuda |  West Germany |
4:53.55 | +21.42 | |
| 20 | 10 | o | Lisbeth Korsmo | Norway |
4:54.95 | +22.82 | |
| 21 | 7 | i | Miyoshi Kato |  Japan |
4:57.39 | +25.26 | |
| 22 | 13 | o | Kim Yeong-Hui |  South Korea |
4:58.41 | +26.28 | |
| 23 | 14 | i | Pat Durnin | Canada |
4:58.42 | +26.29 | |
| 24 | 12 | o | Lee Seong-Ae | South Korea |
4:58.77 | +26.64 | |
| 25 | 14 | o | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | Japan |
5:00.40 | +28.87 | |
| 26 | 13 | i | Mandy Horsepool |  Great Britain |
5:08.78 | +36.65 | |
| 27 | 12 | i | Kong Meiyu |  China |
5:08.90 | +36.77 | |
| 28 | 15 | i | Piao Meiji | China |
5:19.07 | +46.94 | |
| - | 5 | i | Ria Visser | Netherlands |
DNF |
References
- ^ "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "3000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- "3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
