Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
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| Women's 1000 metres speed skating at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Refer to caption Pictogram for speed skating | |
| Venue | Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink |
| Date | 22 February 1960 |
| Competitors | 22 from 10 nations |
| Winning time | 1:34.1 OR |
| Medalists | |
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| Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
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 Record | 1:33.4(*) | Soviet Union Tamara Rylova | Medeo (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
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References
- ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in polski). Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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