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]
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Records edit
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 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Lyudmila Titova | Soviet Union |
46.1 |
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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 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.