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Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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Women's 500 metres speed skating
at the X Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
Date9 February 1968
Competitors28 from 11 nations
Winning time46.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lyudmila Titova  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jenny Fish  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dianne Holum  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mary Meyers  United States
← 1964
1972 →

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

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record  Tatyana Sidorova (URS) 42.5 Davos, Switzerland 3 February 1968
Olympic record  Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 45.0 Innsbruck, Austria 30 January 1964

Results

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lyudmila Titova  Soviet Union 46.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jenny Fish  United States 46.3
Dianne Holum  United States 46.3
Mary Meyers  United States 46.3
5 Ellie van den Brom  Netherlands 46.6
6 Kaija Mustonen  Finland 46.7
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl  Norway 46.7
8 Kirsti Biermann  Norway 46.8
9 Irina Yegorova  Soviet Union 46.9
Tatyana Sidorova  Soviet Union 46.9
11 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg  Norway 47.0
12 Arja Kantola  Finland 47.4
Evi Sappl  West Germany 47.4
14 Stien Kaiser  Netherlands 47.6
15 Christina Lindblom-Scherling  Sweden 47.7
16 Wil Burgmeijer  Netherlands 47.8
Ruth Schleiermacher  East Germany 47.8
18 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka  Finland 48.1
19 Marie-Louise Perrenoud  France 48.2
Wendy Thompson  Canada 48.2
21 Hildegard Sellhuber  West Germany 48.4
22 Martine Ivangine  France 48.5
23 Marcia Parsons  Canada 48.8
24 Doreen McCannell  Canada 49.0
25 Misae Takeda  Japan 49.4
26 Ylva Hedlund  Sweden 49.9
27 Kaname Ide  Japan 50.0
- Sachiko Saito  Japan DNF

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.