Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres

at the XV Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating

Venue

Dates

February 26

Competitors

27 from 12 nations

Winning time

1:17.65 WR

Medalists

		Christa Rothenburger East Germany
		Karin Kania East Germany
		Bonnie Blair United States

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Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February, at the Olympic Oval.^[1]^[2]

Records

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

World record	Karin Kania (GDR)	1:18.11	Calgary, Canada	5 December 1987
Olympic record	Karin Kania (GDR)	1:21.61	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	13 February 1984

The following new world and olympic records was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
26 February	Pair 3	Bonnie Blair	United States	1:18.31	OR
26 February	Pair 4	Karin Enke	East Germany	1:17.70	OR	WR
26 February	Pair 5	Christa Rothenburger	East Germany	1:17.65	OR	WR

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	Christa Rothenburger	East Germany	1:17.65	–	(WR)
	Karin Kania	East Germany	1:17.70	+0.05
	Bonnie Blair	United States	1:18.31	+0.66
4	Andrea Ehrig	East Germany	1:19.32	+1.67
5	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	1:19.75	+2.10
6	Angela Stahnke	East Germany	1:20.05	+2.40
7	Leslie Bader	United States	1:21.09	+3.44
8	Katie Class	United States	1:21.10	+3.45
9	Natalie Grenier	Canada	1:21.15	+3.50
10	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	1:21.44	+3.79
11	Shoko Fusano	Japan	1:21.47	+3.82
12	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	1:21.63	+3.92
13	Zofia Tokarczyk	Poland	1:21.80	+4.15
14	Shelley Rhead-Skarvan	Canada	1:21.84	+4.19
15	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	1:21.90	+4.25
16	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1:22.22	+4.57
17	Yoo Seon-hee	South Korea	1:22.35	+4.70
18	Yelena Ilyina	Soviet Union	1:22.40	+4.75
19	Ariane Loignon	Canada	1:22.75	+5.10
20	Natalya Glebova	Soviet Union	1:22.99	+5.34
21	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands	1:23.15	+5.50
22	Noriko Toda	Japan	1:23.49	+5.64
23	Han Chun-ok	North Korea	1:24.26	+6.61
24	Nancy Swider-Peltz	United States	1:24.81	7.16
25	Marie-Pierre Lamarche	Canada	1:25.18	+7.53
26	Bibija Kerla	Yugoslavia	1:30.89	+13.24
-	Song Hwa-son	North Korea	DQ

^ ^a ^b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
^ "1000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
^ "1000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 4, 2016.

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