World record progression 3000 m speed skating women

The world record progression 3000 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union:

Name	Result	Date	Venue
Zofia Nehringowa	6:52.8	8 February 1931	Warsaw
Zofia Nehringowa	6:22.4	9 February 1935	Warsaw
Kit Klein	6:12.0	1 February 1936	Stockholm
Laila Schou Nilsen	5:29.6	30 January 1937	Davos
Zoya Kholshevnikova	5:29.1	30 January 1949	Moscow
Tatyana Karelina	5:26.7	11 February 1951	Medeo
Olga Akifyeva	5:22.2	16 February 1951	Medeo
Rimma Zhukova	5:21.3	8 January 1952	Medeo
Rimma Zhukova	5:13.8	23 January 1953	Medeo
Inga Artamonova	5:06.0	28 January 1962	Medeo
Lidia Skoblikova	5:05.9	15 January 1967	Oslo
Stien Kaiser	5:04.8	29 January 1967	Davos
Stien Kaiser	4:56.8	5 March 1967	Inzell
Stien Kaiser	4:54.6	3 February 1968	Davos
Ans Schut	4:52.0	2 February 1969	Grenoble
Ans Schut	4:50.4	9 February 1969	Davos
Ans Schut	4:50.3	23 February 1969	Inzell
Stien Kaiser	4:46.5	16 January 1971	Davos
Tamara Kuznetsova	4:44.69	12 January 1975	Medeo
Nancy Swider	4:40.85	13 March 1976	Inzell
Galina Stepanskaya	4:40.59	16 March 1976	Medeo
Galina Stepanskaya	4:31.00	23 March 1976	Medeo
Gabi Schönbrunn	4:21.70	28 March 1981	Medeo
Andrea Schöne	4:20.91	23 March 1984	Medeo
Karin Kania	4:18.02	21 March 1986	Medeo
Yvonne van Gennip	4:16.85	19 March 1987	Heerenveen
Gabi Zange	4:16.76	5 December 1987	Calgary
Yvonne van Gennip	4:11.94	23 February 1988	Calgary
Gunda Kleemann	4:10.80	9 December 1990	Calgary
Gunda Niemann	4:09.32	25 March 1994	Calgary
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4:07.80	7 December 1997	Heerenveen
Claudia Pechstein	4:07.13	13 December 1997	Hamar
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4:05.08	14 March 1998	Heerenveen
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4:01.67	27 March 1998	Calgary
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4:00.51	30 January 2000	Calgary
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4:00.26	17 February 2001	Hamar
Claudia Pechstein	3:59.27	2 March 2001	Calgary
Claudia Pechstein	3:57.70	10 February 2002	Salt Lake City
Cindy Klassen	3:55.75	12 November 2005	Calgary
Cindy Klassen	3:53.34	18 March 2006	Calgary

References

• Historical World Records. International Skating Union.
• "Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.