Women's 3000 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Oval Lingotto | |||||||||
Dates | 12 February 2006 | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 15 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:02.43 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | |
Team pursuit | men | women |
The women's 3000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February, the second day of competition at the Olympics. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Cindy Klassen (CAN) | 3:55.75 | Calgary, Canada | 12 November 2005 | [2] |
Olympic record | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 3:57.70 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 February 2002 | [2] |
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.
Lap times in brackets
Skater in inner lane on first lap listed first
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