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Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on February 10, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1][2]

Women's 1500 metres speed skating
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
Date10 February 1968
Competitors30 from 12 nations
Winning time2:22.4 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaija Mustonen  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carry Geijssen  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stien Kaiser  Netherlands
← 1964
1972 →

Records edit

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

World record   Inga Artamonova (URS) 2:19.0 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 27 January 1962
Olympic record   Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 2:22.6 Innsbruck, Austria 31 January 1964

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
10 February   Kaija Mustonen (FIN) 2:22.4 OR

Results edit

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Kaija Mustonen   Finland 2:22.4 OR
  Carry Geijssen   Netherlands 2:22.7
  Stien Kaiser   Netherlands 2:24.5
4 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl   Norway 2:25.2
5 Lāsma Kauniste   Soviet Union 2:25.4
6 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka   Finland 2:25.8
7 Lyudmila Titova   Soviet Union 2:26.8
8 Ruth Schleiermacher   East Germany 2:27.1
9 Christina Lindblom-Scherling   Sweden 2:27.5
Hildegard Sellhuber   West Germany 2:27.5
11 Lidiya Skoblikova   Soviet Union 2:27.6
12 Ans Schut   Netherlands 2:28.3
13 Dianne Holum   United States 2:28.5
14 Martine Ivangine   France 2:29.9
Kari Kåring   Norway 2:29.9
16 Jeanne Ashworth   United States 2:30.3
17 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg   Norway 2:30.7
18 Christina Karlsson   Sweden 2:31.4
Sachiko Saito   Japan 2:31.4
20 Ylva Hedlund   Sweden 2:31.5
21 Doreen McCannell   Canada 2:32.2
22 Arja Kantola   Finland 2:33.2
23 Kaname Ide   Japan 2:34.2
24 Marcia Parsons   Canada 2:34.4
25 Jeanne Omelenchuk   United States 2:35.5
26 Jitsuko Saito   Japan 2:36.6
27 Kim Gwi-Jin   South Korea 2:36.7
28 Marie-Louise Perrenoud   France 2:39.2
29 Patricia Demartini   France 2:40.6
30 Paula Dufter   West Germany 2:45.2

References edit

  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 1,500 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.
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