Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	February 5
Competitors	26 from 12 nations
Winning time	2:16.58
Medalists
Galina Stepanskaya   Netherlands   Sheila Young   United States   Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union

Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on February 5, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Tatyana Averina (URS)	2:09.90	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	11 March 1975
Olympic record	Dianne Holum (USA)	2:20.85	Sapporo, Japan	9 February 1972

The following new world and olympic record were set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
5 February	Pair 1	Lisbeth Korsmo	Norway	2:18.99	OR
5 February	Pair 4	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	2:17.96	OR
5 February	Pair 7	Galina Stepanskaya	Soviet Union	2:16.58	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Galina Stepanskaya	Soviet Union	2:16.58	OR
	Sheila Young	United States	2:17.06
	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	2:17.96
4	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	Norway	2:18.99
5	Karin Kessow	East Germany	2:19.05
6	Leah Poulos	United States	2:19.11
7	Ines Bautzmann	East Germany	2:19.63
8	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	2:19.69
9	Sylvia Burka	Canada	2:19.74
10	Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich	East Germany	2:20.05
11	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	2:21.85
12	Annie Borckink	Netherlands	2:22.06
13	Sijtje van der Lende	Netherlands	2:22.10
14	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	2:22.42
15	Nina Statkevich	Soviet Union	2:22.59
16	Christa Jaarsma	Netherlands	2:23.98
17	Cindy Seikkula	United States	2:24.06
18	Ewa Malewicka	Poland	2:24.26
19	Janina Korowicka	Poland	2:24.30
20	Tuula Vilkas	Finland	2:24.55
21	Liz Appleby	Canada	2:24.89
22	Chieko Ito	Japan	2:25.27
23	Kathy Vogt	Canada	2:25.49
24	Yuko Yaegashi-Ota	Japan	2:25.74
25	Lee Nam-Sun	South Korea	2:26.24
26	Linda Rombouts	Belgium	2:32.96

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. 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.

Sports-Reference - 1976 - Women's 1500 metres