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

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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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
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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
  Lyudmila Titova   Soviet Union 46.1
  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.