| Women's 1000 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Richmond Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
| Date | 18 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:16.56 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2010 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 1000 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 18 February 2010. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  | 1:13.11 | Calgary, Canada | 25 March 2006 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  | 1:13.83 | Salt Lake City, United States | 17 February 2002 |
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