Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres; at the X Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Dates	February 12
Competitors	26 from 12 nations
Winning time	4:56.2
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	women
1000 m		women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Stien Kaiser (NED)	4:54.6	Davos, Switzerland	3 February 1968
Olympic record	Lidia Skoblikova (URS)	5:14.3	Squaw Valley, United States	23 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
12 February	Ans Schut (NED)	4:56.2	OR

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Ans Schut	Netherlands	4:56.2	OR
	Kaija Mustonen	Finland	5:01.0
	Stien Kaiser	Netherlands	5:01.3
4	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	Finland	5:03.9
5	Wil Burgmeijer	Netherlands	5:05.1
6	Lidiya Skoblikova	Soviet Union	5:08.0
7	Christina Lindblom-Scherling	Sweden	5:09.8
8	Anna Sablina	Soviet Union	5:12.5
9	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	5:13.3
10	Jeanne Ashworth	United States	5:14.0
11	Jeanne Omelenchuk	United States	5:14.9
12	Lāsma Kauniste	Soviet Union	5:16.0
13	Christina Karlsson	Sweden	5:17.2
14	Toy Dorgan	United States	5:17.6
15	Martine Ivangine	France	5:19.3
16	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	Norway	5:19.6
17	Kari Kåring	Norway	5:20.6
18	Doreen McCannell	Canada	5:21.5
19	Paula Dufter	West Germany	5:27.0
20	Jitsuko Saito	Japan	5:27.8
21	Kaname Ide	Japan	5:27.9
22	Kim Gwi-Jin	23x15px South Korea	5:29.5
22	Marcia Parsons	Canada	5:29.5
24	Arja Kantola	Finland	5:30.7
25	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	France	5:41.7
26	Trish Tipper	Great Britain	5:49.0