Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

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.[1][2]

Women's 3000 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
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
Bjørg Eva Jensen  Norway Sabine Becker  East Germany Beth Heiden  United States

Records

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

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

[1]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	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 Carlén-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

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "3000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
4. "3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.