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Women's 1500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	February 5, 1976
Competitors	26 from 12 nations
Winning time	2:16.58
Medalists
Galina Stepanskaya  Soviet Union Sheila Young  United States Tatyana Averina  Soviet Union
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Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on February 5, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Tatyana Averina (URS)	2:09.90	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	11 March 1975
Olympic record	Dianne Holum (USA)	2:20.85	Sapporo, Japan	9 February 1972

The following new world and olympic record were set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
5 February	Pair 1	Lisbeth Korsmo	Norway	2:18.99	OR
5 February	Pair 4	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	2:17.96	OR
5 February	Pair 7	Galina Stepanskaya	Soviet Union	2:16.58	OR

Results

Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	7	o	Galina Stepanskaya	Soviet Union	2:16.58	–	OR
	9	i	Sheila Young	United States	2:17.06	+0.38
	4	o	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	2:17.96	+1.38
4	1	i	Lisbeth Korsmo	Norway	2:18.99	+2.41
5	9	o	Karin Kessow	East Germany	2:19.05	+2.47
6	12	o	Leah Poulos	United States	2:19.11	+2.53
7	1	o	Ines Bautzmann	East Germany	2:19.63	+3.05
8	8	o	Erwina Ryś	Poland	2:19.69	+3.11
9	3	i	Sylvia Burka	Canada	2:19.74	+3.16
10	12	i	Andrea Mitscherlich	East Germany	2:20.05	+3.47
11	8	i	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	2:21.85	+5.27
12	2	i	Annie Borckink	Netherlands	2:22.06	+5.48
13	6	i	Sijtje van der Lende	Netherlands	2:22.10	+5.52
14	5	o	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	2:22.42	+5.84
15	11	o	Nina Statkevich	Soviet Union	2:22.59	+6.01
16	13	o	Christa Jaarsma	Netherlands	2:23.98	+7.40
17	4	i	Cindy Seikkula	United States	2:24.06	+7.48
18	11	i	Ewa Malewicka	Poland	2:24.26	+7.68
19	3	o	Janina Korowicka	Poland	2:24.30	+7.72
20	5	i	Tuula Vilkas	Finland	2:24.55	+7.97
21	6	o	Liz Appleby	Canada	2:24.89	+8.31
22	2	i	Chieko Ito	Japan	2:25.27	+8.69
23	13	i	Kathy Vogt	Canada	2:25.49	+8.91
24	10	o	Yuko Yaegashi-Ota	Japan	2:25.74	+9.16
25	7	i	Lee Nam-Sun	South Korea	2:26.24	+9.66
26	10	i	Linda Rombouts	Belgium	2:32.96	+16.38

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 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "1500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
4. "1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.

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