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Speed Skating At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 Metres
The women's 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of women's speed skating events at the Olympics and the 1500 metres were the second contest after the 500 metres. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Sunday, February 21, 1960. Twenty-three speed skaters from ten nations competed. Medalists Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics. ''(*)'' The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice. Klara Guseva set the first Olympic record with 2:28.7 minutes. Then Elwira Seroczyńska improved the Olympic record with 2:25.7 minutes. Finally Lidiya Skoblikova set a new world record with 2:25.2 minutes. Results As Robb and Kim Kim or KIM may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
The Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink was a temporary venue constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Olympic Valley, California (which was known at that time as "Squaw Valley"). Located outdoors near the Blyth Arena, it hosted the speed skating and some of the ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ... events for those games. The site has been re-developed as parking and mixed residential-retail complex. References1960 Winter Olympics official report.p. 121. {{Olympic venues in speed skating Venues of the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skating venues Olympic ice hockey venues Defunct sports venues in California Speed skating venues in the United States Sports venues in Placer County, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumie Hama
is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References External links * 1939 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Japan Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Hye-Ja
Han Hye-ja (born 10 May 1941) is a South Korean speed skater. She competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1941 births Living people South Korean female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Toews
Gisela Toews (born 27 September 1940) is a retired German speed skater. She competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ... in the 1500 m and 3000 m events and finished in 22nd and 17th place, respectively. Personal bests: *500 m – 52.2 (1960) * 1000 m – 1:48.6 (1960) * 1500 m – 2:44.0 (1960) * 3000 m – 5:48.3 (1960) References External links * 1940 births German female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for the United Team of Germany Living people 20th-century German women {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Gyeong-Hoe
Kim Gyeong-hoe (born 22 January 1941) is a South Korean speed skater. She competed in four events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1941 births Living people South Korean female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Robb
Margaret Robb (born 17 June 1942) is a Canadian speed skater. She competed in four events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1942 births Living people Canadian female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Canada Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Saskatoon {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatsue Nagakubo
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa (born 27 July 1935) is a Japanese speed skater. She competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * 1935 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics 20th-century Japanese women Sportspeople from Nagano (city) {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barb Lockhart
Barb Lockhart (born September 3, 1941) is an American speed skater. She competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics. Personal life Lockhart joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just before the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * 1941 births Living people American female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Chicago 21st-century American women Latter Day Saints from Illinois Converts to Mormonism {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Lucas
Françoise Lucas (born 15 March 1939) is a French speed skater. She competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References 1939 births Living people French female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for France Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Paris {{France-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Görmer
Inge Görmer (born 11 April 1934) is a former East-German speedskater. She took part in five international championships. Four times as East-German at the World Allround Championships (1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959) and once, as member of the German Unified team, at the Winter Olympics (1960). History At her international debut, during the Wch Allround of 1956 in Kvarnsveden, she finished 10th. A year later, during the op het Wch Allround of 1957 in Imatrankoski, she placed 15th, but the next year, in Kristinehamn, she had improved to become 7th. Her last World championship in Sverdlovsk, 1959 ended with a somewhat disappointing 23rd place, without being able to skate her favorite distance, the 3000 m. In her last active year, she competed at the first Olympic speed skating tournament open for women, the Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics. Her she finished 16th (1500 m) and 13th (3000 m The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Omelenchuk
Jeanne Marie Omelenchuk (March 25, 1931 – June 26, 2008) was an American speed skater. She competed at the 1960, 1968 and the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... As a cyclist, she won the 1952 and 1955 amateur women's United States National Championship. References External links * 1931 births 2008 deaths American female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Detroit 20th-century American women 21st-century American women {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eevi Huttunen
Eevi Huttunen, married name Pirinen (23 August 1922 – 3 December 2015), was a speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ... from Finland. She was born in Karttula. For a decade she was almost the only female skater able to compete against the Soviet ladies on the longer distances, Huttunen made a comeback specially for the 1960 Winter Olympics (the first where women speed skaters were allowed to compete), where she won the bronze on the 3000 m. She competed in eleven World Allround Championships which was till 1960 the only international speed skating event for women, from 1948 to 1960 (every year except 1956 and 1958), winning the 1951 event and being on many occasions the best non-soviet skater, certainly in the longer distances. Medals An overview of medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
