Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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Women's 500 metres speed skating
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date20 February 1960
Competitors23 from 10 nations
Winning time45.9 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Helga Haase Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Natalya Donchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Jeanne Ashworth US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
1964  

The women's 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of a women's event in Olympic speed skating. 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 Saturday, February 20, 1960. Twenty-three speed skaters from ten nations competed. [1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Helga Haase
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Natalya Donchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Jeanne Ashworth
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States

Records

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

World Record45.6(*) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tamara Rylova Medeo (URS)January 11, 1955
Olympic Record-

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

Helga Haase set the first Olympic record with 45.9 seconds.

Results

Helga Haase became the first ever female Olympic champion in speed skating.

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Helga Haase  (EUA)45.9 OR
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Donchenko  (URS)46.0
3US flag 49 stars.svg  Jeanne Ashworth  (USA)46.1
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tamara Rylova  (URS)46.2
5Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hatsue Takamizawa  (JPN)46.6
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Klara Guseva  (URS)46.8
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Elwira Seroczyńska  (POL)46.8
8Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Fumie Hama  (JPN)47.4
9Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Doreen Ryan  (CAN)47.7
10US flag 49 stars.svg  Kathy Mulholland  (USA)47.9
11Flag of Finland.svg  Iris Sihvonen  (FIN)48.1
12Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Helena Pilejczyk  (POL)48.2
13Flag of France.svg  Françoise Lucas  (FRA)48.6
14Flag of Finland.svg  Eevi Huttunen  (FIN)48.6
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Christina Scherling  (SWE)48.7
16US flag 49 stars.svg  Jeanne Omelenchuk  (USA)49.3
17Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Margaret Robb  (CAN)50.0
18Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Sigrit Behrenz  (EUA)50.2
19Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yoshiko Takano  (JPN)50.3
20Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Natascha Liebknecht  (EUA)51.4
21Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim Gyeong-hoe  (KOR)53.2
22Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Han Hye-ja  (KOR)53.8
Flag of Sweden.svg  Elsa Einarsson  (SWE)DNF

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References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.