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

Women's 500 metres speed skating
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck
Date30 January 1964
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Winning time45.0 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lidiya Skoblikova  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Yegorova  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Sidorova  Soviet Union
Speed skating at the
1964 Winter Olympics
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The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 30 January, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Records

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

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 place, gold medalist(s) Lidiya Skoblikova  Soviet Union 45.0 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Yegorova  Soviet Union 45.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Sidorova  Soviet Union 45.5
4 Jeanne Ashworth  United States 46.2
Jan Smith  United States 46.2
6 Gunilla Jacobsson  Sweden 46.5
7 Mary Lawler  United States 46.6
8 Helga Haase  United Team of 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
Kaija Mustonen  Finland 48.0
15 Ryoo Choon-za  North Korea 48.4
16 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka  Finland 48.8
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  United Team of Germany 49.8
22 Adelajda Mroske  Poland 49.9
23 Helena Pilejczyk  Poland 50.1
24 Kaneko Takahashi  Japan 50.5
25 Sigrit Behrenz  United Team of Germany 50.9
Kornélia Ihász  Hungary 50.9
27 Jarmila Šťastná  Czechoslovakia 52.0
28 Han Pil-Hwa  North Korea 58.5

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 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.
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