Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 3000 metres
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The Women's 3000m speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

in Turin
Turin
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, Italy
Italy
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 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

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time Behind Notes
10 Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...

 
4:02.43
12 Renate Groenewold
Renate Groenewold
Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....

 
4:03.48 +1.05
12 Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...

 
4:04.37 +1.94
4 13 Anni Friesinger
Anni Friesinger
Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...

 
4:04.59 +2.16
5 11 Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...

 
4:05.54 +3.11
6 11 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms is a German speed skater. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit with teammates Anni Friesinger and Claudia Pechstein.-External links:*...

 
4:06.89 +4.46
7 14 Martina Sáblíková
Martina Sáblíková
Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...

 
4:08.42 +5.99
8 13 Kristina Groves
Kristina Groves
Kristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....

 
4:09.03 +6.60
9 14 Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes, OC, OM is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics...

 
4:09.17 +6.74
10 6 Katarzyna Wojcicka  4:09.61 +7.18
11 9 Catherine Raney
Catherine Raney
Catherine Raney-Norman is an Olympic speed skater from Elm Grove, Wisconsin who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. She has won the U.S. Allround Championship three times in 1999, 2002 and 2003. Raney also made the US team for the 2010 Winter...

 
4:10.44 +8.01
12 9 Wang Fei
Wang Fei (speed skater)
Wang Fei is a Chinese female speed skater.She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 1500m and 3000m events.-References:...

 
4:10.55 +8.12
13 3 Eriko Ishino  4:11.21 +8.78
14 7 Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...

 
4:12.38 +9.95
15 8 Maren Haugli
Maren Haugli
Maren Haugli is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.She represents the sports club Jevnaker IF and is the granddaughter of Sverre Ingolf Haugli and sister of Sverre Haugli.-Personal records:...

 
4:12.50 +10.07
16 10 Anna Natalia Rokita  4:12.87 +10.44
17 3 Moniek Kleinsman
Moniek Kleinsman
Moniek Kleinsman is a Dutch speed skater who was born in Bentelo, Overijssel and currently resides in Wolvega. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

 
4:13.81 +11.38
18 7 Svetlana Vysokova
Svetlana Vysokova
Svetlana Yuryevna Vysokova is a Russian speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the Women's Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...

 
4:13.94 +11.51
19 2 Noh Seon Yeong  4:15.68 +13.25
20 4 Adelia Marra  4:16.27 +13.84
20 5 Eriko Seo  4:16.27 +13.84
22 8 Margaret Crowley  4:17.37 +14.94
23 6 Annette Bjelkevik
Annette Bjelkevik
Annette Bjelkevik is a Norwegian speed skater. She was born in Arendal and is the sister of Hedvig Bjelkevik. She competed in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m and team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.-References:...

 
4:17.57 +15.14
24 1 Valentina Yakshina  4:19.43 +17.00
25 5 Ji Jia  4:21.06 +18.63
26 2 Daniela Oltean
Daniela Oltean
Daniela Oltean is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...

 
4:23.34 +20.91
27 4 Kristine Holzer
Kristine Holzer
Kristine Holzer is an American Olympic speed skater.Diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when she was 13-years-old, Holzer originally took up rowing at Gonzaga University because the sport was low-impact...

 
4:26.60 +24.17
28 1 Nataliya Rybakova  4:38.76 +36.33

Lap Times

Lap times in brackets
  1. Ireen Wüst
    Ireen Wüst
    Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...

    , Netherlands, (19.52 – 30.29 – 30.86 – 31.43 – 31.39 – 32.12 – 32.75 – 34.07) 4:02.43
  2. Renate Groenewold
    Renate Groenewold
    Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....

    , Netherlands, (19.64 – 30.27 – 30.92 – 31.54 – 31.39 – 32.17 – 33.29 – 34.26) 4:03.48 (+1.05)
  3. Cindy Klassen
    Cindy Klassen
    Cindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...

    , Canada, (19.19 – 30.02 – 31.12 – 31.54 – 31.71 – 32.07 – 33.18 – 35.54) 4:04.37 (+1.94)
  4. Anni Friesinger
    Anni Friesinger
    Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...

    , Germany, (19.47 – 31.26 – 31.27 – 31.63 – 32.05 – 32.12 – 32.87 – 33.92) 4:04.59 (+2.16)
  5. Claudia Pechstein
    Claudia Pechstein
    Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...

    , Germany, (19.53 – 30.68 – 31.47 – 31.87 – 32.29 – 32.80 – 33.02 – 33.88) 4:05.54 (+3.11)
  6. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
    Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
    Daniela Anschütz-Thoms is a German speed skater. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit with teammates Anni Friesinger and Claudia Pechstein.-External links:*...

    , Germany, (19.68 – 31.35 – 31.77 – 32.23 – 32.30 – 32.65 – 33.26 – 33.65) 4:06.89 (+4.46)
  7. Martina Sáblíková
    Martina Sáblíková
    Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...

    , Czech Republic, (20.51 – 31.96 – 32.44 – 32.33 – 32.29 – 32.76 – 33.23 – 32.90) 4:08.42 (+5.99)
  8. Kristina Groves
    Kristina Groves
    Kristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....

    , Canada, (20.15 – 31.05 – 31.72 – 31.95 – 32.59 – 32.81 – 33.78 – 34.98) 4:09.03 (+6.60)
  9. Clara Hughes
    Clara Hughes
    Clara Hughes, OC, OM is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics...

    , Canada, (21.05 – 32.41 – 32.46 – 32.48 – 32.86 – 32.72 – 32.66 – 32.53) 4:09.17 (+6.74)
  10. Katarzyna Wójcicka, Poland, (20.27 – 32.18 – 32.58 – 32.80 – 32.52 – 33.05 – 33.25 – 32.96) 4:09.61 (+7.18)
  11. Catherine Raney
    Catherine Raney
    Catherine Raney-Norman is an Olympic speed skater from Elm Grove, Wisconsin who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. She has won the U.S. Allround Championship three times in 1999, 2002 and 2003. Raney also made the US team for the 2010 Winter...

    , United States, (20.39 – 31.96 – 32.18 – 32.47 – 32.48 – 32.80 – 33.53 – 34.63) 4:10.44 (+8.01)
  12. Wang Fei
    Wang Fei (speed skater)
    Wang Fei is a Chinese female speed skater.She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 1500m and 3000m events.-References:...

    , China, (20.13 – 31.95 – 32.20 – 32.38 – 33.13 – 33.14 – 33.71 – 33.91) 4:10.55 (+8.12)
  13. Eriko Ishino, Japan, (19.92 – 30.89 – 31.54 – 32.36 – 33.15 – 33.90 – 34.38 – 35.07) 4:11.21 (+8.78)
  14. Maki Tabata
    Maki Tabata
    Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...

    , Japan, (19.94 – 31.38 – 31.99 – 32.60 – 33.21 – 33.84 – 34.44 – 34.98) 4:12.38 (+9.95)
  15. Maren Haugli
    Maren Haugli
    Maren Haugli is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.She represents the sports club Jevnaker IF and is the granddaughter of Sverre Ingolf Haugli and sister of Sverre Haugli.-Personal records:...

    , Norway, (20.60 – 32.49 – 32.59 – 32.62 – 32.97 – 33.22 – 33.65 – 34.36) 4:12.50 (+10.07)
  16. Anna Rokita
    Anna Rokita
    Anna Rokita is an Austrian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...

    , Austria, (20.27 – 31.55 – 32.24 – 32.85 – 33.28 – 33.61 – 34.12 – 34.95) 4:12.87 (+10.44)
  17. Moniek Kleinsman
    Moniek Kleinsman
    Moniek Kleinsman is a Dutch speed skater who was born in Bentelo, Overijssel and currently resides in Wolvega. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

    , Netherlands, (20.01 – 30.83 – 31.56 – 32.32 – 33.39 – 33.86 – 35.30 – 36.54) 4:13.81 (+11.38)
  18. Svetlana Vysokova
    Svetlana Vysokova
    Svetlana Yuryevna Vysokova is a Russian speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the Women's Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...

    , Russia, (20.56 – 32.58 – 33.35 – 33.26 – 33.32 – 33.35 – 33.51 – 34.01) 4:13.94 (+11.51)
  19. Noh Seon-yeong
    Noh Seon-yeong
    Noh Seon-yeong is a South Korean speed skater. She represented her country at the 2006 edition and 2010 edition of Winter Olympics. She won the gold medal at the 2007 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. She is the sister of short track speed skater Noh Jin-Kyu- Personal Records :-References:...

    , Korea, (20.86 – 31.74 – 32.82 – 33.32 – 33.52 – 33.89 – 34.53 – 35.00) 4:15.68 (+13.25)
  20. Adelia Marra, Italy, (20.34 – 32.36 – 32.68 – 33.21 – 33.67 – 34.10 – 34.61 – 35.30) 4:16.27 (+13.84)
  21. Eriko Seo, Japan, (20.54 – 32.14 – 32.73 – 33.10 – 33.66 – 34.11 – 34.97 – 35.02) 4:16.27 (+13.84)
  22. Margaret Crowley, United States, (20.80 – 32.67 – 32.90 – 33.57 – 33.69 – 33.92 – 34.68 – 35.14) 4:17.37 (+14.94)
  23. Annette Bjelkevik
    Annette Bjelkevik
    Annette Bjelkevik is a Norwegian speed skater. She was born in Arendal and is the sister of Hedvig Bjelkevik. She competed in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m and team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.-References:...

    , Norway, (20.48 – 32.07 – 32.89 – 32.58 – 33.63 – 34.41 – 35.22 – 36.29) 4:17.57 (+15.14)
  24. Valentina Yakshina, Russia, (20.70 – 33.10 – 33.19 – 32.99 – 33.66 – 34.61 – 35.14 – 36.04) 4:19.43 (+17.00)
  25. Ji Jia, China, (20.80 – 32.46 – 33.42 – 33.67 – 34.13 – 34.94 – 35.58 – 36.06) 4:21.06 (+18.63)
  26. Daniela Oltean
    Daniela Oltean
    Daniela Oltean is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...

    , Romania, (20.62 – 32.97 – 33.30 – 34.21 – 34.80 – 35.26 – 35.82 – 36.36) 4:23.34 (+20.91)
  27. Kristine Holzer
    Kristine Holzer
    Kristine Holzer is an American Olympic speed skater.Diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when she was 13-years-old, Holzer originally took up rowing at Gonzaga University because the sport was low-impact...

    , United States, (21.56 – 33.21 – 33.60 – 34.54 – 35.07 – 35.73 – 36.25 – 36.64) 4:26.60 (+24.17)
  28. Nataliya Rybakova, Kazakhstan, (21.62 – 33.55 – 34.82 – 36.38 – 37.37 – 38.14 – 38.28 – 38.60) 4:38.76 (+36.33)

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
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