Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	February 7, 1976
Competitors	27 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:28.43
Medalists
Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union Leah Poulos   United States Sheila Young   United States
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The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 7 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: ^{[3] [4]}

World record	Tatyana Averina  (URS)	1:23.46	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	29 March 1975
Olympic record	Monika Pflug  (FRG)	1:31.40	Sapporo, Japan	11 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
7 February	Pair 1	Monika Holzner-Pflug	West Germany	1:29.54	OR
7 February	Pair 5	Leah Poulos	United States	1:28.57	OR
7 February	Pair 6	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	1:28.43	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	6	o	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	1:28.43	–	OR
	5	o	Leah Poulos	United States	1:28.57	+0.14
	9	i	Sheila Young	United States	1:29.14	+0.71
4	7	i	Sylvia Burka	Canada	1:29.47	+1.04
5	1	i	Monika Holzner-Pflug	West Germany	1:29.54	+1.11
6	2	i	Cathy Priestner	Canada	1:29.66	+1.23
7	5	i	Lyudmila Titova	Soviet Union	1:30.06	+1.63
8	8	o	Heike Lange	East Germany	1:30.55	+2.12
9	2	o	Makiko Nagaya	Japan	1:31.23	+2.80
10	10	i	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	1:31.59	+3.16
11	10	o	Sijtje van der Lende	Netherlands	1:31.66	+3.23
12	6	i	Monika Zernicek	East Germany	1:31.68	+3.25
13	3	o	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	Finland	1:31.72	+3.29
14	1	o	Ann-Sofie Järnström	Sweden	1:32.06	+3.63
15	11	i	Tetiana Shelekhova	Soviet Union	1:32.08	+3.65
16	4	i	Annie Borckink	Netherlands	1:32.50	+4.07
17	6	i	Tuula Vilkas	Finland	1:32.94	+4.51
18	3	i	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	1:33.05	+4.62
19	4	o	Ewa Malewicka	Poland	1:33.89	+5.46
20	12	i	Yuko Yaegashi-Ota	Japan	1:33.99	+5.56
21	13	i	Ute Dix	East Germany	1:34.14	+5.71
22	12	o	Liz Appleby	Canada	1:34.27	+5.84
23	14	o	Christa Jaarsma	Netherlands	1:34.63	+6.20
24	9	o	Keiko Hasegawa	Japan	1:35.42	+6.99
25	7	o	Lee Nam-Sun	South Korea	1:35.58	+7.15
26	14	i	Janina Korowicka	Poland	1:35.81	+7.38
-	13	o	Peggy Crowe	United States	DQ

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "1000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
4. "1000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.