Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February, at the Olympic Oval.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

| World record | Karin Kania (GDR) | 1:18.11 | Calgary, Canada | 5 December 1987 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Karin Kania (GDR) | 1:21.61 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 13 February 1984 |

The following new world and olympic records was set.

| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 February | Pair 3 | Bonnie Blair | United States | 1:18.31 | OR | |
| 26 February | Pair 4 | Karin Enke | East Germany | 1:17.70 | OR | WR |
| 26 February | Pair 5 | Christa Rothenburger | East Germany | 1:17.65 | OR | WR |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christa Rothenburger | East Germany | 1:17.65 | – | (WR) |
| | Karin Kania | East Germany | 1:17.70 | +0.05 | |
| | Bonnie Blair | United States | 1:18.31 | +0.66 | |
| 4 | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany | 1:19.32 | +1.67 | |
| 5 | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 1:19.75 | +2.10 | |
| 6 | Angela Stahnke | East Germany | 1:20.05 | +2.40 | |
| 7 | Leslie Bader | United States | 1:21.09 | +3.44 | |
| 8 | Katie Class | United States | 1:21.10 | +3.45 | |
| 9 | Natalie Grenier | Canada | 1:21.15 | +3.50 | |
| 10 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Poland | 1:21.44 | +3.79 | |
| 11 | Shoko Fusano | Japan | 1:21.47 | +3.82 | |
| 12 | Christine Aaftink | Netherlands | 1:21.63 | +3.92 | |
| 13 | Zofia Tokarczyk | Poland | 1:21.80 | +4.15 | |
| 14 | Shelley Rhead-Skarvan | Canada | 1:21.84 | +4.19 | |
| 15 | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 1:21.90 | +4.25 | |
| 16 | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 1:22.22 | +4.57 | |
| 17 | Yoo Seon-hee | South Korea | 1:22.35 | +4.70 | |
| 18 | Yelena Ilyina | Soviet Union | 1:22.40 | +4.75 | |
| 19 | Ariane Loignon | Canada | 1:22.75 | +5.10 | |
| 20 | Natalya Glebova | Soviet Union | 1:22.99 | +5.34 | |
| 21 | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | 1:23.15 | +5.50 | |
| 22 | Noriko Toda | Japan | 1:23.49 | +5.64 | |
| 23 | Han Chun-ok | North Korea | 1:24.26 | +6.61 | |
| 24 | Nancy Swider-Peltz | United States | 1:24.81 | 7.16 | |
| 25 | Marie-Pierre Lamarche | Canada | 1:25.18 | +7.53 | |
| 26 | Bibija Kerla | Yugoslavia | 1:30.89 | +13.24 | |
| - | Song Hwa-son | North Korea | DQ | |
