Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on February 5, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Women's 1500 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesFebruary 5
Competitors26 from 12 nations
Winning time2:16.58
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Galina Stepanskaya
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sheila Young
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Averina
 Soviet Union
← 1972
1980 →

Records edit

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

World record   Tatyana Averina (URS) 2:09.90 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 11 March 1975
Olympic record   Dianne Holum (USA) 2:20.85 Sapporo, Japan 9 February 1972

The following new world and olympic record were set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
5 February Pair 1 Lisbeth Korsmo   Norway 2:18.99 OR
5 February Pair 4 Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 2:17.96 OR
5 February Pair 7 Galina Stepanskaya   Soviet Union 2:16.58 OR

Results edit

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
  7 o Galina Stepanskaya   Soviet Union 2:16.58 OR
  9 i Sheila Young   United States 2:17.06 +0.38
  4 o Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 2:17.96 +1.38
4 1 i Lisbeth Korsmo   Norway 2:18.99 +2.41
5 9 o Karin Kessow   East Germany 2:19.05 +2.47
6 12 o Leah Poulos   United States 2:19.11 +2.53
7 1 o Ines Bautzmann   East Germany 2:19.63 +3.05
8 8 o Erwina Ryś   Poland 2:19.69 +3.11
9 3 i Sylvia Burka   Canada 2:19.74 +3.16
10 12 i Andrea Mitscherlich   East Germany 2:20.05 +3.47
11 8 i Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl   Norway 2:21.85 +5.27
12 2 i Annie Borckink   Netherlands 2:22.06 +5.48
13 6 i Sijtje van der Lende   Netherlands 2:22.10 +5.52
14 5 o Sylvia Filipsson   Sweden 2:22.42 +5.84
15 11 o Nina Statkevich   Soviet Union 2:22.59 +6.01
16 13 o Christa Jaarsma   Netherlands 2:23.98 +7.40
17 4 i Cindy Seikkula   United States 2:24.06 +7.48
18 11 i Ewa Malewicka   Poland 2:24.26 +7.68
19 3 o Janina Korowicka   Poland 2:24.30 +7.72
20 5 i Tuula Vilkas   Finland 2:24.55 +7.97
21 6 o Liz Appleby   Canada 2:24.89 +8.31
22 2 i Chieko Ito   Japan 2:25.27 +8.69
23 13 i Kathy Vogt   Canada 2:25.49 +8.91
24 10 o Yuko Yaegashi-Ota   Japan 2:25.74 +9.16
25 7 i Lee Nam-Sun   South Korea 2:26.24 +9.66
26 10 i Linda Rombouts   Belgium 2:32.96 +16.38

References edit

  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 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "1500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.