| Women's 3000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | February 8, 1976 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:45.19 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 19721980 → | ||||||||||
| Speed skating at the 1976 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 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 8 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Tamara Kuznetsova (URS) |
4:44.69 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 12 January 1975 |
| Olympic record |  Stien Kaiser (NED) |
4:52.14 | Sapporo, Japan | 12 February 1972 |
The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 February | Pair 1 | Ines Bautzmann |  East Germany |
4:46.67 | OR | |
| 8 February | Pair 6 | Tatyana Averina |  Soviet Union |
4:45.19 | OR |
Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | i | Tatyana Averina | Soviet Union |
4:45.19 | – | OR |
 |
10 | i | Andrea Mitscherlich | East Germany |
4:45.23 | +0.04 | |
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9 | o | Lisbeth Korsmo |  Norway |
4:45.24 | +0.05 | |
| 4 | 13 | o | Karin Kessow | East Germany |
4:45.60 | +0.41 | |
| 5 | 1 | i | Ines Bautzmann | East Germany |
4:46.67 | +1.48 | |
| 6 | 10 | o | Sylvia Filipsson |  Sweden |
4:48.15 | +2.96 | |
| 7 | 2 | i | Nancy Swider-Peltz |  United States |
4:48.46 | +3.17 | |
| 8 | 7 | i | Sylvia Burka |  Canada |
4:49.04 | +3.85 | |
| 9 | 8 | i | Sijtje van der Lende | Netherlands |
4:50.86 | +5.67 | |
| 10 | 9 | i | Erwina Ryś |  Poland |
4:50.95 | +5.76 | |
| 11 | 5 | o | Beth Heiden | United States |
4:51.67 | +6.48 | |
| 12 | 6 | o | Tuula Vilkas |  Finland |
4:51.71 | +6.52 | |
| 13 | 13 | i | Nina Statkevich | Soviet Union |
4:53.94 | +8.75 | |
| 14 | 4 | i | Tetiana Shelekhova | Soviet Union |
4:54.03 | +8.84 | |
| 15 | 3 | o | Annie Borckink | Netherlands |
4:56.75 | +11,56 | |
| 16 | 11 | i | Janina Korowicka | Poland |
4:57.48 | +12.29 | |
| 17 | 11 | o | Cindy Seikkula | United States |
4:57.57 | +12.38 | |
| 18 | 12 | o | Liz Appleby | Canada |
4:58.68 | +13.49 | |
| 19 | 7 | o | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota |  Japan |
4:58.92 | +13.73 | |
| 20 | 12 | i | Christa Jaarsma | Netherlands |
5:00.08 | +14.89 | |
| 21 | 1 | o | Chieko Ito | Japan |
5:02.57 | +17.38 | |
| 22 | 4 | o | Paula-Irmeli Halonen | Finland |
5:03.08 | +17.89 | |
| 23 | 3 | i | Gayle Gordon | Canada |
5:07.09 | +21.90 | |
| 24 | 8 | o | Lee Nam-Sun |  South Korea |
5:08.34 | +23.15 | |
| 25 | 2 | o | Ewa Malewicka | Poland |
5:08.79 | +23.60 | |
| 26 | 5 | i | Linda Rombouts |  Belgium |
5:10.35 | +25.16 |
References
- ^ "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "3000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- "3000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
