Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres
at the IX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesJanuary 30
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Winning time45.0
Medalists
   Soviet Union
   Soviet Union
   Soviet Union
Speed skating at the
1964 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 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 30 January, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1]

Records

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

World record  Inga Artamonova (URS) 44.9 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 27 January 1962
Olympic record  Helga Haase (EUA) 45.9 Squaw Valley, United States 20 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
30 January  Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) 45.0 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union 45.0 OR
2nd Irina Yegorova Soviet Union 45.4
3rd Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union 45.5
4 Jeanne Ashworth United States 46.2
4 Jan Smith United States 46.2
6 Gunilla Jacobsson Sweden 46.5
7 Mary Lawler United States 46.6
8 Helga Haase Germany 47.2
9 Inger Eriksson Sweden 47.3
10 Doreen Ryan Canada 47.7
11 Christina Lindblom-Scherling Sweden 47.8
12 Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa Japan 47.9
13 Doreen McCannell Canada 48.0
13 Kaija Mustonen Finland 48.0
15 Ryoo Choon-Za North Korea 48.4
16 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka Finland 48.8
16 Elwira Seroczyńska Poland 48.8
18 Françoise Lucas France 48.9
19 Yasuko Takano Japan 49.3
20 Kim Hye-Suk South Korea 49.6
21 Brigitte Reichert Germany 49.8
22 Adelajda Mroske Poland 49.9
23 Helena Pilejczyk Poland 50.1
24 Kaneko Takahashi Japan 50.5
25 Sigrit Behrenz Germany 50.9
25 Kornélia Ihász Hungary 50.9
27 Jarmila Šťastná Czechoslovakia 52.0
28 Han Pil-Hwa North Korea 58.5

References

  1. 1 2 "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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