Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	January 31
Competitors	30 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:22.6
Medalists
Lidiya Skoblikova   Soviet Union   Kaija Mustonen   Finland   Berta Kolokoltseva   Soviet Union

Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m				women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on January 31, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Inga Artamonova (URS)	2:19.0	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	27 January 1962
Olympic record	Lidia Skoblikova (URS)	2:25.2	Squaw Valley, United States	21 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
31 January	Lidia Skoblikova (URS)	2:22.6	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Lidiya Skoblikova	Soviet Union	2:22.6	OR
	Kaija Mustonen	Finland	2:25.5
	Berta Kolokoltseva	Soviet Union	2:27.1
4	Kim Song-Soon	North Korea	2:27.7
5	Helga Haase	United Team of Germany	2:28.6
6	Christina Lindblom-Scherling	Sweden	2:29.4
7	Valentina Stenina	Soviet Union	2:29.9
8	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	Finland	2:30.0
9	Han Pil-Hwa	North Korea	2:30.1
10	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	Japan	2:30.9
11	Gunilla Jacobsson	Sweden	2:31.9
12	Inger Eriksson	Sweden	2:32.0
13	Doreen McCannell	Canada	2:32.7
14	Yasuko Takano	Japan	2:33.1
15	Judy Morstein	United States	2:33.3
16	Willy de Beer	Netherlands	2:34.0
16	Doreen Ryan	Canada	2:34.0
18	Kaneko Takahashi	Japan	2:34.6
19	Mary Lawler	United States	2:34.9
20	Kornélia Ihász	Hungary	2:35.1
21	Inge Lieckfeldt	United Team of Germany	2:36.2
22	Françoise Lucas	France	2:36.4
22	Adelajda Mroske	Poland	2:36.4
24	Jan Smith	United States	2:37.8
25	Helena Pilejczyk	Poland	2:38.3
26	Elwira Seroczyńska	Poland	2:39.3
27	Kim Gwi-Jin	South Korea	2:39.7
28	Erika Heinicke	United Team of Germany	2:40.4
29	Jarmila Šťastná	Czechoslovakia	2:42.9
30	An Sen-Za	North Korea	2:44.7

References

1. "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference - 1964 - Women's 1500 metres