The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 7 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 7 February Pair 1 Monika Holzner-Pflug 1:29.54 OR 7 February Pair 5 Leah Poulos 1:28.57 OR 7 February Pair 6 Tatyana Averina 1:28.43 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes 6 o Tatyana Averina 1:28.43 5 o Leah Poulos 1:28.57 9 i Sheila Young 1:29.14 4 7 i Sylvia Burka 1:29.47 5 1 i Monika Holzner-Pflug 1:29.54 6 2 i Cathy Priestner 1:29.66 7 5 i Lyudmila Titova 1:30.06 8 8 o Heike Lange 1:30.55 9 2 o Makiko Nagaya 1:31.23 10 10 i Erwina Ryś-Ferens 1:31.59 11 10 o Sijtje van der Lende 1:31.66 12 6 i Monika Zernicek 1:31.68 13 3 o Paula-Irmeli Halonen 1:31.72 14 1 o Ann-Sofie Järnström 1:32.06 15 11 i Tetiana Shelekhova 1:32.08 16 4 i Annie Borckink 1:32.50 17 6 i Tuula Vilkas 1:32.94 18 3 i Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 1:33.05 19 4 o Ewa Malewicka 1:33.89 20 12 i Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 1:33.99 21 13 i Ute Dix 1:34.14 22 12 o Liz Appleby 1:34.27 23 14 o Christa Jaarsma 1:34.63 24 9 o Keiko Hasegawa 1:35.42 25 7 o Lee Nam-Sun 1:35.58 26 14 i Janina Korowicka 1:35.81 - 13 o Peggy Crowe DQ
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