Speed Skating at the 1960 Winter Games: Next Winter Games
Host City: Squaw Valley, United States
Venue(s): Speed Skating Oval, Squaw Valley, California
Date Started: February 23, 1960
Date Finished: February 23, 1960
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The world record was 5:13.8, set in 1953 at Medeo by Soviet Rimma Zhukova. At the recent World Championships, the distance had been won by [Lidiya Skoblikova] (URS-1960), [Eevi Huttunen] (FIN-1959), and Inga Artamanova (URS-1958). Skoblikova had already won the 1,500 metres in Squaw Valley. The other two Soviet skaters in the event, who had to be considered as no non-Soviet woman had been on the all-around podium at the World Championships since 1952, were [Tamara Rylova] and [Valentina Stenina], wife of top men's skater, [Boris Stenin]. Stenina had recently won the 1960 World Championships in all-around, and had been second at this distance.
Twenty skaters came to the mark. Rylova was in the third pair and took the lead, but her time of 5:30.0 would place her only ninth. The next favorite to skate was Stenina in the seventh pair. Her time of 5:16.9 was considered fast, and put her into a comfortable lead. Huttunen was up two pairs later, and although she was ahead of Stenina's pace through 2,200 metres, she struggled on the final laps, finishing in 5:21.0. Skoblikova was in the last pair, the 10th, but the day was cold, and the ice was still good. She led throughout, finishing in 5:14.3, the second fastest time ever. It was her second gold medal of the 1960 Winter Olympics, and four years later in Innsbruck, she would win all four women's races.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | T | 6c | 1k | 1.4k | 1.8k | 2.2k | 2.6k | 2c | |
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1 | Lidiya Skoblikova | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 5:14.3 | 1:00 | 1:41 | 2:22 | 3:05 | 3:47 | 4:31 | 22 | OR |
2 | Valentina Stenina | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | Silver | 5:16.9 | 1:01 | 1:43 | 2:26 | 3:08 | 3:51 | 4:34 | 22 | OR |
3 | Eevi Huttunen | 37 | Finland | FIN | Bronze | 5:21.0 | 1:01 | 1:42 | 2:24 | 3:08 | 3:52 | 4:37 | ||
4 | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 24 | Japan | JPN | 5:21.4 | 1:03 | 1:46 | 2:28 | 3:10 | 3:54 | 4:38 | |||
5 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 5:25.5 | 1:04 | 1:46 | 2:28 | 3:11 | 3:56 | 4:41 | 23 | OR | |
6 | Helena Pilejczyk | 28 | Poland | POL | 5:26.2 | 1:02 | 1:43 | 2:26 | 3:10 | 3:54 | 4:40 | 22 | OR | |
7 | Elwira SeroczyÅska | 28 | Poland | POL | 5:27.3 | 1:02 | 1:44 | 2:27 | 3:11 | 3:56 | 4:41 | |||
8 | Jeanne Ashworth | 21 | United States | USA | 5:28.5 | 1:03 | 1:44 | 2:27 | 3:11 | 3:57 | 4:43 | |||
9 | Tamara Rylova | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | 5:30.0 | 1:03 | 1:46 | 2:28 | 3:12 | 3:58 | 4:44 | 23 | OR | |
10 | Yoshiko Takano | 18 | Japan | JPN | 5:30.9 | 1:06 | 1:50 | 2:33 | 3:17 | 4:01 | 4:46 | |||
11 | Elsa Einarsson | 18 | Sweden | SWE | 5:32.2 | 1:04 | 1:46 | 2:30 | 3:15 | 4:01 | 4:46 | 23 | OR | |
12 | Iris Sihvonen | 19 | Finland | FIN | 5:35.2 | 1:02 | 1:45 | 2:28 | 3:14 | 4:00 | 4:47 | |||
13 | Inge Görmer | 25 | Germany | GER | 5:37.5 | 1:10 | 1:53 | 2:38 | 3:22 | 4:07 | 4:52 | |||
14 | Doreen Ryan | 28 | Canada | CAN | 5:39.7 | 1:04 | 1:48 | 2:34 | 3:22 | 4:08 | 4:54 | |||
15 | Françoise Lucas | 20 | France | FRA | 5:42.5 | 1:01 | 1:43 | 2:27 | 3:15 | 4:04 | 4:55 | |||
16 | Peggy Robb | 17 | Canada | CAN | 5:43.5 | 1:06 | 1:50 | 2:36 | 3:22 | 4:09 | 4:56 | |||
17 | Gisela Toews | 19 | Germany | GER | 5:48.3 | 1:08 | 1:53 | 2:38 | 3:24 | 4:11 | 5:00 | 24 | OR | |
18 | Cornelia Harrington | 16 | United States | USA | 5:57.5 | 1:10 | 1:58 | 2:44 | 3:31 | 4:20 | 5:11 | |||
19 | Beverly Buhr | 18 | United States | USA | 6:03.1 | 1:08 | 1:53 | 2:38 | 3:27 | 4:20 | 5:13 | |||
20 | Kim Gyeong-Hoe | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 6:08.2 | 1:05 | 1:50 | 2:39 | 3:31 | 4:23 | 5:15 |