Speed Skating — 3,000 metres, Women

Times held 17
Total participants 287
Total countries 33

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1960 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 20 10
1964 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 28 13
1968 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 26 12
1972 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 22 10
1976 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 26 12
1980 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 29 14
1984 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 26 14
1988 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 29 16
1992 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 26 12
1994 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 27 14
1998 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 31 16
2002 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 32 16
2006 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 28 15
2010 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 28 13
2014 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 28 13
2018 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 24 13
2022 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 20 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Lidiya SkoblikovaURS Valentina SteninaURS Eevi HuttunenFIN
1964 Lidiya SkoblikovaURS Han Pil-Hwa
Valentina Stenina
PRK
URS
1968 Ans SchutNED Kaija MustonenFIN Stien KaiserNED
1972 Stien Baas-KaiserNED Dianne HolumUSA Atje Keulen-DeelstraNED
1976 Tatyana AverinaURS Andrea MitscherlichGDR Lisbeth KorsmoNOR
1980 Bjørg Eva JensenNOR Sabine BeckerGDR Beth HeidenUSA
1984 Andrea SchöneGDR Karin EnkeGDR Gabi SchönbrunnGDR
1988 Yvonne van GennipNED Andrea EhrigGDR Gabi ZangeGDR
1992 Gunda NiemannGER Heike WarnickeGER Emese HunyadyAUT
1994 Svetlana BazhanovaRUS Emese HunyadyAUT Claudia PechsteinGER
1998 Gunda Niemann-StirnemannGER Claudia PechsteinGER Anni FriesingerGER
2002 Claudia PechsteinGER Renate GroenewoldNED Cindy KlassenCAN
2006 Ireen WüstNED Renate GroenewoldNED Cindy KlassenCAN
2010 Martina SáblíkováCZE Stephanie BeckertGER Kristina GrovesCAN
2014 Ireen WüstNED Martina SáblíkováCZE Olga GrafRUS
2018 Carlijn AchtereekteNED Ireen WüstNED Antoinette de JongNED
2022 Irene SchoutenNED Francesca LollobrigidaITA Isabelle WeidemannCAN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Netherlands NED 7 3 3 13
Germany GER 3 3 2 8
Soviet Union URS 3 2 0 5
East Germany GDR 1 4 2 7
Czechia CZE 1 1 0 2
Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 1 2
Austria AUT 0 1 1 2
Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
United States USA 0 1 1 2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 4 4

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ireen Wüst NED 2 1 0 3
Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GDR
GER
2 0 0 2
Lidiya Skoblikova RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich GDR 1 2 0 3
Claudia Pechstein GER 1 1 1 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Austria AUT 1994 Winter Olympics Emese Hunyady 2 Silver See all
Belarus BLR 2018 Winter Olympics Maryna Zuyeva 11 See all
Belgium BEL 2014 Winter Olympics Jelena Peeters 12 See all
Canada CAN 2002 Winter Olympics Cindy Klassen 3 Bronze See all
2006 Winter Olympics Cindy Klassen 3 Bronze
2010 Winter Olympics Kristina Groves 3 Bronze
2022 Winter Olympics Isabelle Weidemann 3 Bronze
Czechia CZE 2010 Winter Olympics Martina Sáblíková 1 Gold See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1964 Winter Olympics Han Pil-Hwa =2 Silver See all
Denmark DEN 2010 Winter Olympics Cathrine Grage 27 See all
East Germany GDR 1984 Winter Olympics Andrea Schöne 1 Gold See all
Finland FIN 1968 Winter Olympics Kaija Mustonen 2 Silver See all
France FRA 1960 Winter Olympics Françoise Lucas 15 See all
1968 Winter Olympics Martine Ivangine 15
Germany GER 1992 Winter Olympics Gunda Niemann 1 Gold See all
1998 Winter Olympics Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 1 Gold
2002 Winter Olympics Claudia Pechstein 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1968 Winter Olympics Trish Tipper 26 See all
1980 Winter Olympics Mandy Horsepool 26
Hungary HUN 1964 Winter Olympics Kornélia Ihász 18 See all
Italy ITA 2022 Winter Olympics Francesca Lollobrigida 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 1960 Winter Olympics Hatsue Takamizawa 4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1994 Winter Olympics Lyudmila Prokashova 4 See all
Latvia LAT 1994 Winter Olympics Ilonda Lūse 25 See all
Mongolia MGL 1964 Winter Olympics Tsedenjavyn Lkhamjav 20 See all
Netherlands NED 1968 Winter Olympics Ans Schut 1 Gold See all
1972 Winter Olympics Stien Baas-Kaiser 1 Gold
1988 Winter Olympics Yvonne van Gennip 1 Gold
2006 Winter Olympics Ireen Wüst 1 Gold
2014 Winter Olympics Ireen Wüst 1 Gold
2018 Winter Olympics Carlijn Achtereekte 1 Gold
2022 Winter Olympics Irene Schouten 1 Gold
Norway NOR 1980 Winter Olympics Bjørg Eva Jensen 1 Gold See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2006 Winter Olympics Wang Fei 12 See all
Poland POL 1980 Winter Olympics Erwina Ryś-Ferens 5 See all
1988 Winter Olympics Erwina Ryś-Ferens 5
ROC ROC 2018 Winter Olympics Nataliya Voronina 10 See all
2022 Winter Olympics Yevgeniya Lalenkova 10
Republic of Korea KOR 2014 Winter Olympics Kim Bo-Reum 13 See all
Romania ROU 1994 Winter Olympics Mihaela Dascălu 8 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1994 Winter Olympics Svetlana Bazhanova 1 Gold See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Winter Olympics Lidiya Skoblikova 1 Gold See all
1964 Winter Olympics Lidiya Skoblikova 1 Gold
1976 Winter Olympics Tatyana Averina 1 Gold
Sweden SWE 1960 Winter Olympics Christina Scherling 5 See all
Ukraine UKR 1998 Winter Olympics Svitlana Konstantynova 30 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Winter Olympics Svetlana Boyko 5 See all
United States USA 1972 Winter Olympics Dianne Holum 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Winter Olympics Anja Mischke 12 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Winter Olympics Bibija Kerla 26 See all