Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres; at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	February 23
Competitors	36 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:18.74
Medalists
	← 1992 1998 →

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10000 m	men

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2]^[3]

World record	Christa Rothenburger (GDR)	1:17.65	Calgary, Canada	26 February 1988
Olympic record	Christa Rothenburger (GDR)	1:17.65	Calgary, Canada	26 February 1988

Rank	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind
	2	Bonnie Blair	United States	1:18.74	-
	3	Anke Baier	Germany	1:20.12	+1.38
	2	Ye Qiaobo	China	1:20.22	+1.48
4	6	Franziska Schenk	Germany	1:20.25	+1.51
5	5	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	1:20.32	+1.58
6	5	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	1:20.37	+1.63
7	11	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1:20.42	+1.68
8	3	Susan Auch	Canada	1:20.72	+1.98
9	2	Oksana Ravilova	Russia	1:20.82	+2.08
10	15	Nataliya Polozkova	Russia	1:20.84	+2.10
11	9	Svetlana Fedotkina	Russia	1:20.89	+2.15
12	4	Angela Stahnke	Germany	1:20.93	+2.19
12	6	Xue Ruihong	China	1:20.93	+2.19
14	11	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1:20.94	+2.20
15	1	Yoo Seon-Hee	South Korea	1:21.40	+2.66
16	16	Jin Hua	China	1:21.48	+2.74
17	8	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	1:21.94	+3.20
18	4	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	1:21.96	+3.22
19	1	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	1:21.98	+3.24
20	10	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	1:22.16	+3.42
21	7	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	1:22.31	+3.57
22	3	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	1:22.34	+3.60
23	17	Chris Witty	United States	1:22.42	+3.68
24	14	Michelle Kline	United States	1:22.44	+3.70
24	8	Svetlana Zhurova	Russia	1:22.44	+3.70
26	9	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	1:22.98	+4.24
27	8	Mayumi Yamamoto	Japan	1:23.15	+4.41
28	10	Cerasela Hordobeţiu	Romania	1:23.19	+4.45
28	16	Ingrid Liepa	Canada	1:23.19	+4.53
30	2	Yang Chunyuan	China	1:23.27	+4.53
31	7	Chantal Bailey	United States	1:23.52	+4.78
32	13	Gang Mi-Yeong	South Korea	1:24.19	+5.45
33	14	Michelle Morton	Canada	1:24.41	+5.67
34	18	Krisztina Egyed	Hungary	1:24.71	+5.97
35	17	Cheon Hui-Ju	South Korea	1:25.67	+6.93
36	15	Jeong Bae-Yeong	South Korea	1:25.93	+7.19