The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 20 February Pair 1 Bjørg Eva Jensen 4:32.13 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes 1 o Bjørg Eva Jensen 4:32.13 2 o Sabine Becker 4:32.79 1 i Beth Heiden 4:33.77 4 11 i Andrea Mitscherlich 4:37.69 5 3 o Erwina Ryś-Ferens 4:37.89 6 4 i Mary Docter 4:39.29 7 4 o Sylvia Filipsson 4:40.22 8 6 o Nataliya Petrusyova 4:42.59 +10.46 9 2 i Olga Pleshkova 4:43.11 +10.89 10 8 i Sarah Docter 4:43.30 +11.17 11 3 i Brenda Webster 4:43.67 +11.54 12 9 i Sylvia Burka 4:44.22 +12.09 13 6 i Annie Borckink 4:47.35 +15.22 14 10 i Sylvia Albrecht 4:47.76 +15.63 15 11 o Anneli Repola 4:50.51 +18.38 16 8 o Sijtje van der Lende 4:51.53 +19.40 17 5 o Valentina Lalenkova 4:51.72 +19.59 18 7 o Annette Karlsson 4:52.70 +20.57 19 9 i Sigrid Smuda 4:53.55 +21.42 20 10 o Lisbeth Korsmo 4:54.95 +22.82 21 7 i Miyoshi Kato 4:57.39 +25.26 22 13 o Kim Yeong-Hui 4:58.41 +26.28 23 14 i Pat Durnin 4:58.42 +26.29 24 12 o Lee Seong-Ae 4:58.77 +26.64 25 14 o Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 5:00.40 +28.87 26 13 i Mandy Horsepool 5:08.78 +36.65 27 12 i Kong Meiyu 5:08.90 +36.77 28 15 i Piao Meiji 5:19.07 +46.94 - 5 i Ria Visser DNF
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