Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres speed skating
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck
Date31 January 1964
Competitors30 from 14 nations
Winning time2:22.6 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lidiya Skoblikova  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaija Mustonen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Berta Kolokoltseva  Soviet Union
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The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on January 31, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Inga Artamonova (URS) 2:19.0 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 27 January 1962
Olympic record  Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 2:25.2 Squaw Valley, United States 21 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
31 January  Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 2:22.6 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lidiya Skoblikova  Soviet Union 2:22.6 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaija Mustonen  Finland 2:25.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Berta Kolokoltseva  Soviet Union 2:27.1
4 Kim Song-soon  North Korea 2:27.7
5 Helga Haase  United Team of Germany 2:28.6
6 Christina Lindblom-Scherling  Sweden 2:29.4
7 Valentina Stenina  Soviet Union 2:29.9
8 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka  Finland 2:30.0
9 Han Pil-Hwa  North Korea 2:30.1
10 Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa  Japan 2:30.9
11 Gunilla Jacobsson  Sweden 2:31.9
12 Inger Eriksson  Sweden 2:32.0
13 Doreen McCannell  Canada 2:32.7
14 Yasuko Takano  Japan 2:33.1
15 Judy Morstein  United States 2:33.3
16 Willy de Beer  Netherlands 2:34.0
Doreen Ryan  Canada 2:34.0
18 Kaneko Takahashi  Japan 2:34.6
19 Mary Lawler  United States 2:34.9
20 Kornélia Ihász  Hungary 2:35.1
21 Inge Lieckfeldt  United Team of Germany 2:36.2
22 Françoise Lucas  France 2:36.4
Adelajda Mroske  Poland 2:36.4
24 Jan Smith  United States 2:37.8
25 Helena Pilejczyk  Poland 2:38.3
26 Elwira Seroczyńska  Poland 2:39.3
27 Kim Gwi-jin  South Korea 2:39.7
28 Erika Heinicke  United Team of Germany 2:40.4
29 Jarmila Šťastná  Czechoslovakia 2:42.9
30 An Sen-za  North Korea 2:44.7

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 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.