Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 7 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Women's 1000 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesFebruary 7
Competitors27 from 12 nations
Winning time1:28.43
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana Averina
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leah Poulos
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sheila Young
 United States
← 1972
1980 →

Records

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

World record   Tatyana Averina (URS) 1:23.46 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 29 March 1975
Olympic record   Monika Pflug (FRG) 1:31.40 Sapporo, Japan 11 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
7 February Pair 1 Monika Holzner-Pflug   West Germany 1:29.54 OR
7 February Pair 5 Leah Poulos   United States 1:28.57 OR
7 February Pair 6 Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 1:28.43 OR

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
  6 o Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 1:28.43 OR
  5 o Leah Poulos   United States 1:28.57 +0.14
  9 i Sheila Young   United States 1:29.14 +0.71
4 7 i Sylvia Burka   Canada 1:29.47 +1.04
5 1 i Monika Holzner-Pflug   West Germany 1:29.54 +1.11
6 2 i Cathy Priestner   Canada 1:29.66 +1.23
7 5 i Lyudmila Titova   Soviet Union 1:30.06 +1.63
8 8 o Heike Lange   East Germany 1:30.55 +2.12
9 2 o Makiko Nagaya   Japan 1:31.23 +2.80
10 10 i Erwina Ryś-Ferens   Poland 1:31.59 +3.16
11 10 o Sijtje van der Lende   Netherlands 1:31.66 +3.23
12 6 i Monika Zernicek   East Germany 1:31.68 +3.25
13 3 o Paula-Irmeli Halonen   Finland 1:31.72 +3.29
14 1 o Ann-Sofie Järnström   Sweden 1:32.06 +3.63
15 11 i Tetiana Shelekhova   Soviet Union 1:32.08 +3.65
16 4 i Annie Borckink   Netherlands 1:32.50 +4.07
17 6 i Tuula Vilkas   Finland 1:32.94 +4.51
18 3 i Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl   Norway 1:33.05 +4.62
19 4 o Ewa Malewicka   Poland 1:33.89 +5.46
20 12 i Yuko Yaegashi-Ota   Japan 1:33.99 +5.56
21 13 i Ute Dix   East Germany 1:34.14 +5.71
22 12 o Liz Appleby   Canada 1:34.27 +5.84
23 14 o Christa Jaarsma   Netherlands 1:34.63 +6.20
24 9 o Keiko Hasegawa   Japan 1:35.42 +6.99
25 7 o Lee Nam-Sun   South Korea 1:35.58 +7.15
26 14 i Janina Korowicka   Poland 1:35.81 +7.38
- 13 o Peggy Crowe   United States DQ

References

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  1. ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "1000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "1000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.