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

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Women's 1500 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates February 5
Competitors 26 from 12 nations
Winning time 2:16.58
Medalists
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1st Galina Stepanskaya  Netherlands
2nd Sheila Young  United States
3rd Tatyana Averina  Soviet Union
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Speed skating at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Speed skating pictogram.svg
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men

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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

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

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Galina Stepanskaya  Soviet Union 2:16.58 OR
2nd Sheila Young  United States 2:17.06
3rd Tatyana Averina  Soviet Union 2:17.96
4 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg  Norway 2:18.99
5 Karin Kessow  East Germany 2:19.05
6 Leah Poulos  United States 2:19.11
7 Ines Bautzmann  East Germany 2:19.63
8 Erwina Ryś-Ferens  Poland 2:19.69
9 Sylvia Burka  Canada 2:19.74
10 Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich  East Germany 2:20.05
11 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl  Norway 2:21.85
12 Annie Borckink  Netherlands 2:22.06
13 Sijtje van der Lende  Netherlands 2:22.10
14 Sylvia Filipsson  Sweden 2:22.42
15 Nina Statkevich  Soviet Union 2:22.59
16 Christa Jaarsma  Netherlands 2:23.98
17 Cindy Seikkula  United States 2:24.06
18 Ewa Malewicka  Poland 2:24.26
19 Janina Korowicka  Poland 2:24.30
20 Tuula Vilkas  Finland 2:24.55
21 Liz Appleby  Canada 2:24.89
22 Chieko Ito  Japan 2:25.27
23 Kathy Vogt  Canada 2:25.49
24 Yuko Yaegashi-Ota  Japan 2:25.74
25 Lee Nam-Sun 23x15px South Korea 2:26.24
26 Linda Rombouts  Belgium 2:32.96

References

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Sports-Reference - 1976 - Women's 1500 metres