Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
Women's 500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 15 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 41.78 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | 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 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
World record | Sheila Young (USA) | 40.68 | Inzell, West Germany | 13 March 1976 |
Olympic record | Sheila Young (USA) | 42.76 | Innsbruck, Austria | 6 February 1976 |
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
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15 February | Karin Enke (GDR) | 41.78 | OR |
Results[]
Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
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2 | o | Karin Enke | East Germany | 41.78 | – | OR | |
4 | i | Leah Poulos-Mueller | United States | 42.26 | +0.48 | ||
3 | o | Natalya Petrusyova | Soviet Union | 42.42 | +0.64 | ||
4 | 1 | i | Ann-Sofie Järnström | Sweden | 42.47 | +0.69 | |
5 | 1 | o | Makiko Nagaya | Japan | 42.70 | +0.92 | |
6 | 4 | o | Cornelia Jacob | East Germany | 42.98 | +1.20 | |
7 | 3 | i | Beth Heiden | United States | 43.18 | +1.40 | |
8 | 9 | o | Tetiana Tarasova | Soviet Union | 43.26 | +1.48 | |
9 | 10 | i | Sylvia Burka | Canada | 43.43 | +1.65 | |
10 | 5 | i | Irina Kovrova | Soviet Union | 43.50 | +1.72 | |
11 | 11 | i | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Poland | 43.52 | +1.74 | |
12 | 5 | o | Christa Rothenburger | East Germany | 43.60 | +1.82 | |
13 | 10 | o | Silvia Brunner | Switzerland | 43.72 | +1.94 | |
14 | 16 | i | Lee Nam-Sun | South Korea | 43.85 | +2.07 | |
15 | 8 | i | Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman | Netherlands | 44.02 | +2.24 | |
16 | 14 | i | Sylvia Filipsson | Sweden | 44.05 | +2.27 | |
17 | 11 | o | Sigrid Smuda | West Germany | 44.11 | +2.33 | |
18 | 8 | i | Kathy Vogt | Canada | 44.15 | +2.37 | |
19 | 8 | o | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 44.16 | +2.38 | |
20 | 12 | o | Anneli Repola | Finland | 44.33 | +2.55 | |
21 | 13 | i | Cao Guifeng | China | 44.43 | +2.66 | |
22 | 13 | o | Annie Borckink | Netherlands | 44.47 | +2.69 | |
23 | 2 | i | Sarah Docter | United States | 44.48 | +2.70 | |
24 | 6 | o | Annette Karlsson | Sweden | 44.52 | +2.74 | |
25 | 9 | i | Monika Pflug | West Germany | 44.59 | +2.81 | |
26 | 14 | o | Sijtje van der Lende | Netherlands | 44.74 | +2.96 | |
27 | 12 | i | Shen Guoqin | China | 45.03 | +3.25 | |
28 | 7 | o | Brigitte Flierl | West Germany | 45.28 | +3.50 | |
29 | 15 | i | Wang Limei | China | 45.57 | +3.79 | |
30 | 16 | o | Kim Ferran | Great Britain | 47.25 | +5.47 | |
- | 7 | i | Marzia Peretti | Italy | DNF | – | Fall |
References[]
- ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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