Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
| Women's 1000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | February 7 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:28.43 | |||||||||
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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 |
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| 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
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
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 | 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
- ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1000m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "1000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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