Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
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The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 9 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1][2]
| Women's 500 metres speed skating at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | L'Anneau de Vitesse | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 9 February 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 46.1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Tatyana Sidorova (URS) | 42.5 | Davos, Switzerland | 3 February 1968 |
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| Olympic record | Lidia Skoblikova (URS) | 45.0 | Innsbruck, Austria | 30 January 1964 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lyudmila Titova | Soviet Union | 46.1 |
 | Jenny Fish |  United States | 46.3 |
| Dianne Holum | United States | 46.3 | |
| Mary Meyers | United States | 46.3 | |
| 5 | Ellie van den Brom |  Netherlands | 46.6 |
| 6 | Kaija Mustonen |  Finland | 46.7 |
| Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl |  Norway | 46.7 | |
| 8 | Kirsti Biermann | Norway | 46.8 |
| 9 | Irina Yegorova | Soviet Union | 46.9 |
| Tatyana Sidorova | Soviet Union | 46.9 | |
| 11 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | Norway | 47.0 |
| 12 | Arja Kantola | Finland | 47.4 |
| Evi Sappl |  West Germany | 47.4 | |
| 14 | Stien Kaiser | Netherlands | 47.6 |
| 15 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling |  Sweden | 47.7 |
| 16 | Wil Burgmeijer | Netherlands | 47.8 |
| Ruth Schleiermacher | East Germany | 47.8 | |
| 18 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | Finland | 48.1 |
| 19 | Marie-Louise Perrenoud |  France | 48.2 |
| Wendy Thompson |  Canada | 48.2 | |
| 21 | Hildegard Sellhuber | West Germany | 48.4 |
| 22 | Martine Ivangine | France | 48.5 |
| 23 | Marcia Parsons | Canada | 48.8 |
| 24 | Doreen McCannell | Canada | 49.0 |
| 25 | Misae Takeda |  Japan | 49.4 |
| 26 | Ylva Hedlund | Sweden | 49.9 |
| 27 | Kaname Ide | Japan | 50.0 |
| - | Sachiko Saito | Japan | DNF |