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, 1998
Competitors	40 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:16.51
Medalists
Marianne Timmer  Netherlands Chris Witty  United States Catriona LeMay Doan  Canada
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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