The women's 1000 metres
speed skating event was part of the
speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
At the 1960 Winter Olympics, eight speed skating events were contested in Squaw Valley, California. For the first time in Olympic history, women participated in the Olympic speed skating events after the USOC's proposal to include the women's ev ...
programme. It was the first appearance of women's speed skating events at the Olympics. 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 Monday, February 22, 1960. Twenty-two 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
Klara Ivanovna Guseva (russian: Кла́ра Ива́новна Гу́сева; 8 March 1937 in Tambov Oblast – 12 May 2019) was a Russian speed skater. After her marriage, she was also known as Klara Nesterova (russian: Не́стеро ...
set the first Olympic record with 1:34.1 minutes.
Results
References
External links
Official Olympic Report*
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Women's speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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