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1,000 metres, Women

Date18 February 2010 — 13:00
StatusOlympic
LocationRichmond Olympic Oval, Richmond
Participants36 from 15 countries
Olympic Record 1:13.83 WR / Chris Witty USA / 17 February 2002
StarterGarth LinderUSA
RefereeJan AugustinusNED

Although Canada had high hopes of winning various speed skating medals in Richmond, the women’s 1,000 m was considered to be a “sure thing” for the home team. Australian-born Christine Nesbitt had dominated this distance in the past two seasons much like Davis had in the men’s competition. In the 2009 season, Nesbitt had claimed the World Cup and had won the world title on the ice of the Richmond Olympic Oval. During the Olympic season, she had won all four World Cup races held. Behind Nesbitt, there was no clear number two. The Dutch skaters, Annette Gerritsen and Margot Boer, had both produced some good results, as had Japanese surprise Nao Kodaira, Canada’s Kristina Groves and Monique Angermüller of Germany. Another German, Anni Friesinger had long been a force in the event, but she had suffered of injuries earlier in the season and appeared not to be in top shape.

But the first to go below 1:17 was Laurine van Riessen, who had won a World Cup race in the previous season. Her 1:16.72 would turn out to be hard to beat. The first to do so was Gerritsen, who had recovered from a fall in the 500 m. She had gone off much faster than her team mate, struggling but prevailing, on the final curve on the tough Richmond ice, finishing in 1:16.58. Nesbitt, racing next, started much slower than the leading Dutch couple. But she preserved her strength for the final lap, converting her half-second deficit into a narrow, but sufficient, 0.02-second lead. It was enough to claim, as hoped, the first speed skating gold for the home team.

PosPairCompetitorNOCTime
117IChristine NesbittCAN1:16.56Gold
216OAnnette GerritsenNED1:16.58Silver
313OLaurine van RiessenNED1:16.72Bronze
418IKristina GrovesCAN1:16.78
515INao KodairaJPN1:16.80
618OMargot BoerNED1:16.94
711IJennifer RodriguezUSA1:17.08
812OIreen WüstNED1:17.28
912IHeather RichardsonUSA1:17.37
102OHege BøkkoNOR1:17.43
117IYekaterina ShikhovaRUS1:17.46
123OKarolína ErbanováCZE1:17.53
132IKo Hyon-SukPRK1:17.63
1411OAnni Friesinger-PostmaGER1:17.71
1516ISayuri YoshiiJPN1:17.81
161OYekaterina AydovaKAZ1:17.85
173IJenny WolfGER1:17.91
189OJin PeiyuCHN1:17.97
194OChiara SimionatoITA1:18.02
2013IOlga FatkulinaRUS1:18.13
216IShannon RempelCAN1:18.174
2217OMonique AngermüllerGER1:18.179
2310OLee Sang-HwaKOR1:18.24
2415OWang BeixingCHN1:18.30
2514IBrittany SchusslerCAN1:18.31
2614OElli OchowiczUSA1:18.33
278IYekaterina MalyshevaRUS1:18.56
289IYekaterina LobyshevaRUS1:18.785
291IRebekah BradfordUSA1:18.788
304ISophie MuirAUS1:18.79
3110IKatarzyna Bachleda-CuruśPOL1:19.00
327OYu JingCHN1:19.13
338ORen HuiCHN1:19.18
345OTomomi OkazakiJPN1:19.41
356OMiho TakagiJPN1:19.53
DNF5IKim Yu-RimKOR