Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres explained

Event:Women's 1000 metres speed skating
Games:1960 Winter
Venue:Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date:22 February 1960
Competitors:22
Nations:10
Win Value:1:34.1 OR
Gold:Klara Guseva
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Helga Haase
Silvernoc:EUA
Bronzenoc:URS
Next:1964

The women's 1000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of women's speed skating events at the Olympics. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Monday, February 22, 1960. Twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed.[1]

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.

World Record1:33.4(*) Tamara RylovaMedeo (URS)January 12, 1955
Olympic Record-

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Klara Guseva set the first Olympic record with 1:34.1 minutes.

Results

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1 1:34.1 OR
2 1:34.3
3 1:34.8
4 1:35.3
5 1:35.8
1:35.8
7 1:36.1
8 1:36.5
9 1:37.2
10 1:37.3
11 1:37.5
12 1:38.0
13 1:38.1
14 1:38.4
15 1:39.8
16 1:39.9
17 1:43.5
18 1:43.8
19 1:45.8
20 Align=left1:48.8
DNF
DNF

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/SSK/womens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.