Women's 500 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Left-right: Krasnova, Henning, Titova | |||||||||||||
Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 10 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 43.33 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 1972 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 500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium. [1] [2]
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The ISU, the governing body of both ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating".
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held from February 3 to February 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympics to be held outside Europe and North America, and only the third game held outside those regions overall, after Melbourne and Tokyo.
The Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sapporo, Japan. During the 1972 Winter Olympics, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the speed skating events. Located inside the Makomanai Park, the stadium holds 17,324 people.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [3] [4]
World record | 42.5 | Davos, Switzerland | 7 January 1972 | |
Olympic record | 45.0 | Innsbruck, Austria | 30 January 1964 |
The following new Olympic and World records was set during the competition.
Date | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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10 February | Monika Pflug | 44.75 | OR | ||
10 February | Lyudmila Titova | 44.45 | OR | ||
10 February | Anne Henning | 43.33 | OR |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Anne Henning | 43.33 | OR | ||
Vera Krasnova | 44.01 | |||
Lyudmila Titova | 44.45 | |||
4 | Sheila Young | 44.53 | ||
5 | Monika Pflug | 44.75 | ||
6 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | 44.89 | ||
7 | Kay Lunda | 44.95 | ||
8 | Alla Butova | 45.17 | ||
9 | Sachiko Saito | 45.35 | ||
10 | Ellie van den Brom | 45.62 | ||
11 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 45.70 | ||
12 | Paula Dufter | 45.77 | ||
13 | Ruth Schleiermacher | 45.78 | ||
14 | Cathy Priestner | 45.79 | ||
15 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | 45.83 | ||
16 | Arja Kantola | 46.12 | ||
17 | Kirsti Biermann | 46.18 | ||
18 | Ylva Hedlund | 46.24 | ||
19 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 46.33 | ||
20 | Trijnie Rep | 46.60 | ||
21 | Ryoko Onozawa | 46.70 | ||
22 | Choi Jung-hui | 46.74 | ||
23 | Sylvia Filipsson | 46.78 | ||
24 | Tuula Vilkas | 46.85 | ||
25 | Donna McCannell | 47.30 | ||
26 | Lee Gyeong-hui | 47.45 | ||
27 | Monika Stützle | 48.15 | ||
28 | Tak In-suk | 55.80 | ||
- | Sylvia Burka | DQ |
During her run, Henning had to stop to avoid a collision with Sylvia Burka at the crossover point. She won the race and the gold medal with a time of 43.70. Officials allowed her another run after the competition, where she broke the Olympic record. [5]
Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater and track cyclist from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. She was the first person in history to win a World Championship in both Allround and Sprint disciplines. She never won an Olympic medal, with her best Olympic result being the fourth place in 1000 m in 1976.
Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 to 12 February. Eight events were contested at Makomanai Open Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. This was the first Olympics at which electronic times were recorded to the hundredeth of a second.
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