Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Utah Olympic Oval
Dates February 17
Competitors 35 from 14 nations
Winning time 1:13.83
Medalists
    United States
    Germany
    United States
«1998 2006»
Speed skating at the
2002 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men

The Women's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

After suffering from mononucleosis, Chris Witty skated a new World Record to win by surprise. Jennifer Rodriguez became the first US Hispanic woman to win an Olympic speed skating medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Sabine Völker (GER) 1:14.06 Salt Lake City, United States 1 December 2001 [1]
Olympic record  Marianne Timmer (NED) 1:16.51 Nagano, Japan 19 February 1998 [1]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[1] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
17 February Pair 6 Varvara Barysheva Russia 1:16.49 OR
17 February Pair 7 Anzhelika Kotyuga Belarus 1:15.03 OR
17 February Pair 11 Marianne Timmer Netherlands 1:14.45 OR
17 February Pair 15 Chris Witty United States 1:13.83 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time Behind Notes
15 Chris Witty United States 1:13.83 - WR
17 Sabine Völker Germany 1:13.96 +0.13
16 Jennifer Rodriguez United States 1:14.24 +0.41
4 11 Marianne Timmer Netherlands 1:14.45 +0.62
5 16 Anni Friesinger Germany 1:14.47 +0.64
6 18 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Germany 1:14.60 +0.77
7 17 Aki Tonoike Japan 1:14.64 +0.81
8 13 Andrea Nuyt Netherlands 1:14.65 +0.82
9 15 Catriona Le May Doan Canada 1:14.72 +0.89
10 12 Chiara Simionato Italy 1:14.86 +0.89
11 18 Svetlana Zhurova Russia 1:15.02 +0.89
12 7 Anzhelika Kotyuga Belarus 1:15.03 +0.89
13 14 Cindy Klassen Canada 1:15.08 +0.89
14 11 Amy Sannes United States 1:15.09 +0.89
15 12 Annamarie Thomas Netherlands 1:15.20 +1.37
16 9 Becky Sundstrom United States 1:15.88 +2.05
17 13 Eriko Sanmiya Japan 1:16.26 +2.43
18 8 Marieke Wijsman Netherlands 1:16.48 +2.65
18 8 Sayuri Osuga Japan 1:16.48 +2.65
20 6 Varvara Barysheva Russia 1:16.49 +2.66
21 9 Marion Wohlrab Germany 1:16.51 +2.68
22 3 Song Li China 1:16.71 +2.88
23 10 Svetlana Kaykan Russia 1:16.93 +3.10
24 4 Krisztina Egyed Hungary 1:17.11 +3.28
25 7 Jin Hua China 1:17.35 +3.52
26 10 Wang Manli China 1:17.37 +3.54
27 6 Susan Auch Canada 1:17.89 +4.06
28 1 Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan 1:18.19 +4.36
29 5 Cho Seon-Yeon South Korea 1:18.36 +4.53
30 2 You Yanchun China 1:18.74 +4.91
31 2 Lee Yong-Joo South Korea 1:18.79 +4.96
32 1 Choi Seung-Yong South Korea 1:18.88 +5.05
33 3 Svetlana Radkevich Belarus 1:18.93 +5.10
34 5 Andrea Jakab Romania 1:19.60 +5.77
35 4 Yelena Myagkikh Ukraine 1:20.13 +6.30
- 14 Maki Tabata Japan DQ -

References

  1. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating". Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf. Retrieved February 5, 2010.