3,000 m, Women

Competition	1997 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Warszawa POL
Held	7 March 1997
Status	Medal
Competitors	16
Countries	8

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
🥇	Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann	GER	4:20.34
🥈	Anni Friesinger-Postma	GER	4:24.18
🥉	Carla Zijlstra	NED	4:28.46
4	Claudia Pechstein	GER	4:29.56
5	Lyudmila Prokashova	KAZ	4:31.25
6	Svetlana Bazhanova	RUS	4:31.91
7	Anette Tønsberg	NOR	4:32.42
8	Barbara de Loor	NED	4:33.30
9	Mie Uehara	JPN	4:33.40
10	Tonny de Jong	NED	4:35.04
11	Mihaela Dascălu	ROU	4:35.12
12	Tatyana Trapeznikova	RUS	4:39.65
13	Noriko Munekata	JPN	4:43.56
14	Varvara Barysheva	RUS	4:46.75
15	Susan Massitti	CAN	4:47.49
16	Maki Tabata	JPN	4:47.52