The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 8 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 8 February Pair 1 Ines Bautzmann 4:46.67 OR 8 February Pair 6 Tatyana Averina 4:45.19 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes 6 i Tatyana Averina 4:45.19 10 i Andrea Mitscherlich 4:45.23 9 o Lisbeth Korsmo 4:45.24 4 13 o Karin Kessow 4:45.60 5 1 i Ines Bautzmann 4:46.67 6 10 o Sylvia Filipsson 4:48.15 7 2 i Nancy Swider-Peltz 4:48.46 8 7 i Sylvia Burka 4:49.04 9 8 i Sijtje van der Lende 4:50.86 10 9 i Erwina Ryś 4:50.95 11 5 o Beth Heiden 4:51.67 12 6 o Tuula Vilkas 4:51.71 13 13 i Nina Statkevich 4:53.94 14 4 i Tetiana Shelekhova 4:54.03 15 3 o Annie Borckink 4:56.75 +11,56 16 11 i Janina Korowicka 4:57.48 +12.29 17 11 o Cindy Seikkula 4:57.57 +12.38 18 12 o Liz Appleby 4:58.68 +13.49 19 7 o Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 4:58.92 +13.73 20 12 i Christa Jaarsma 5:00.08 +14.89 21 1 o Chieko Ito 5:02.57 +17.38 22 4 o Paula-Irmeli Halonen 5:03.08 +17.89 23 3 i Gayle Gordon 5:07.09 +21.90 24 8 o Lee Nam-Sun 5:08.34 +23.15 25 2 o Ewa Malewicka 5:08.79 +23.60 26 5 i Linda Rombouts 5:10.35 +25.16
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