Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the M-Wave.

## Records

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

| World record | Chris Witty (USA) | 1:15.43 | Calgary, Canada | 23 November 1997 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Christa Rothenburger (GDR) | 1:17.65 | Calgary, Canada | 26 February 1988 |

The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.

| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 February | Pair 17 | Catriona LeMay Doan | Canada | 1:17.37 | OR | |
| 19 February | Pair 19 | Marianne Timmer | Netherlands | 1:16.51 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 19 | Marianne Timmer | Netherlands | 1:16.51 | - | OR |
| | 20 | Chris Witty | United States | 1:16.79 | +0.28 | |
| | 17 | Catriona LeMay Doan | Canada | 1:17.37 | +0.86 | |
| 4 | 18 | Sabine Völker | Germany | 1:17.54 | +1.03 | |
| 5 | 16 | Annamarie Thomas | Netherlands | 1:17.95 | +1.44 | |
| 6 | 15 | Becky Sundstrom | United States | 1:18.23 | +1.72 | |
| 7 | 14 | Tomomi Okazaki | Japan | 1:18.27 | +1.76 | |
| 8 | 18 | Eriko Sanmiya | Japan | 1:18.36 | +1.85 | |
| 9 | 13 | Moira D'Andrea | United States | 1:18.38 | +1.87 | |
| 10 | 17 | Monique Garbrecht | Germany | 1:18.76 | +2.25 | |
| 11 | 16 | Shiho Kusunose | Japan | 1:18.82 | +2.31 | |
| 12 | 2 | Svetlana Zhurova | Russia | 1:19.04 | +2.53 | |
| 13 | 9 | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States | 1:19.19 | +2.68 | |
| 14 | 2 | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 1:19.23 | +2.72 | |
| 15 | | Sandra Zwolle | Netherlands | 1:19.29 | +2.78 | |
| 16 | 13 | Anke Baier-Loef | Germany | 1:19.42 | +2.91 | |
| 17 | 14 | Nataliya Polozkova | Russia | 1:19.78 | +3.27 | |
| 18 | 20 | Susan Auch | Canada | 1:19.82 | +3.31 |
| 19 | 2 | Tatyana Danshina | Russia | 1:19.95 | +3.44 | |
| 20 | 9 | Marieke Wijsman | Netherlands | 1:20.02 | +3.51 | |
| 21 | 10 | Linda Johnson-Blair | Canada | 1:20.42 | +3.91 | |
| 22 | 15 | Kyoko Shimazaki | Japan | 1:20.49 | +3.98 | |
| 23 | 3 | Krisztina Egyed | Hungary | 1:21.23 | +4.72 | |
| 24 | 5 | Choi Seung-yong | South Korea | 1:21.28 | +4.77 | |
| 25 | 6 | Anzhelika Kotyuga | Belarus | 1:21.35 | +4.84 | |
| 26 | 4 | Li Xuesong | China | 1:21.54 | +5.03 | |
| 27 | 1 | Anna Savelyeva | Russia | 1:21.83 | +5.32 | |
| 28 | 3 | Lesia Bilozub | Ukraine | 1:21.84 | +5.33 | |
| 28 | 11 | Xue Ruihong | China | 1:21.84 | +5.33 | |
| 30 | 6 | Cheon Hui-ju | South Korea | 1:22.06 | +5.55 | |
| 31 | 2 | Wang Manli | China | 1:22.13 | +5.62 | |
| 32 | 8 | Yang Chunyuan | China | 1:22.20 | +5.69 | |
| 33 | 11 | Sylvie Cantin | Canada | 1:22.46 | +5.95 | |
| 34 | 8 | Lyudmila Kostyukevich | Belarus | 1:22.58 | +6.07 | |
| 35 | 4 | Kim Ju-hyeon | South Korea | 1:23.18 | +6.67 | |
| 36 | 1 | Kim Ok-hui | North Korea | 1:23.37 | +6.86 | |
| 37 | 5 | Kim Jong-hui | North Korea | 1:23.88 | +7.37 | |
| 38 | 7 | Gang Mi-yeong | South Korea | 1:24.18 | +7.67 | |
| 39 | 7 | Ilonda Lūse | Latvia | 1:24.32 | +7.81 | |
| - | 19 | Franziska Schenk | Germany | DNF |
