| Women's 3000 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Heilongjiang Indoor Rink | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 February 1996 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10000 m | men | |
The women's 3000 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games was held on 5 February 1996 in Harbin, China.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Gunda Niemann (GDR) | 4:09.32 | Calgary, Canada | 25 March 1994 |
| Games Record |  Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) | 4:39.05 | Sapporo, Japan | 12 March 1990 |
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  Lyudmila Prokasheva (KAZ) | 4:25.98 | GR |
 | Eriko Seo (JPN) | 4:28.84 | |
 | Saori Igami (JPN) | 4:34.29 | |
| 4 |  Baek Eun-bi (KOR) | 4:35.09 | |
| 5 | Yuri Horikawa (JPN) | 4:35.12 | |
| 6 | Lee Kyeong-nam (KOR) | 4:35.26 | |
| 7 |  Liu Yangmei (CHN) | 4:42.83 | |
| 8 | Ko Yeong-hee (KOR) | 4:42.88 | |
| 9 | Yang Xu (CHN) | 4:43.07 | |
| 10 | He Xiaojing (CHN) | 4:46.81 | |
| 11 | Yevgeniya Solomatina (KAZ) | 4:50.25 |
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