Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
Appearance
Women's 500 metres speed skating at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | L'Anneau de Vitesse | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 9 February 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 46.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | women | |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 9 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1][2]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
World record | ![]() |
42.5 | Davos, Switzerland | 3 February 1968 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
45.0 | Innsbruck, Austria | 30 January 1964 |
Results
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Lyudmila Titova | ![]() |
46.1 |
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Jenny Fish | ![]() |
46.3 |
Dianne Holum | ![]() |
46.3 | |
Mary Meyers | ![]() |
46.3 | |
5 | Ellie van den Brom | ![]() |
46.6 |
6 | Kaija Mustonen | ![]() |
46.7 |
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | ![]() |
46.7 | |
8 | Kirsti Biermann | ![]() |
46.8 |
9 | Irina Yegorova | ![]() |
46.9 |
Tatyana Sidorova | ![]() |
46.9 | |
11 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | ![]() |
47.0 |
12 | Arja Kantola | ![]() |
47.4 |
Evi Sappl | ![]() |
47.4 | |
14 | Stien Kaiser | ![]() |
47.6 |
15 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | ![]() |
47.7 |
16 | Wil Burgmeijer | ![]() |
47.8 |
Ruth Schleiermacher | ![]() |
47.8 | |
18 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | ![]() |
48.1 |
19 | Marie-Louise Perrenoud | ![]() |
48.2 |
Wendy Thompson | ![]() |
48.2 | |
21 | Hildegard Sellhuber | ![]() |
48.4 |
22 | Martine Ivangine | ![]() |
48.5 |
23 | Marcia Parsons | ![]() |
48.8 |
24 | Doreen McCannell | ![]() |
49.0 |
25 | Misae Takeda | ![]() |
49.4 |
26 | Ylva Hedlund | ![]() |
49.9 |
27 | Kaname Ide | ![]() |
50.0 |
- | Sachiko Saito | ![]() |
DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.