The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 30 January, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]
| Women's 500 metres speed skating at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 January 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 45.0 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Lidiya Skoblikova | Soviet Union |
45.0 | OR |
 |
Irina Yegorova | Soviet Union |
45.4 | |
 |
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.