Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres; at the X Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Dates	February 11
Competitors	29 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:32.6
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	women
1000 m		women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2]^[3]

World record	Lidia Skoblikova (URS)	1:31.8	Karuizawa, Japan	22 February 1963
Olympic record	Lidia Skoblikova (URS)	1:33.2	Innsbruck, Austria	1 February 1964

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
11 February	Carry Geijssen (NED)	1:32.6	OR

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Carry Geijssen	Netherlands	1:32.6	OR
	Lyudmila Titova	Soviet Union	1:32.9
	Dianne Holum	United States	1:33.4
4	Kaija Mustonen	Finland	1:33.6
5	Irina Yegorova	Soviet Union	1:34.4
6	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	1:34.5
7	Jeanne Ashworth	United States	1:34.7
8	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	Finland	1:34.8
9	Kirsti Biermann	Norway	1:35.0
10	Stien Kaiser	Netherlands	1:35.2
11	Lāsma Kauniste	Soviet Union	1:35.3
12	Ruth Schleiermacher	East Germany	1:35.6
13	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	Norway	1:36.8
13	Ellie van den Brom	Netherlands	1:36.8
15	Christina Lindblom-Scherling	Sweden	1:36.9
16	Hildegard Sellhuber	West Germany	1:37.2
17	Martine Ivangine	France	1:37.4
17	Evi Sappl	West Germany	1:37.4
19	Ylva Hedlund	Sweden	1:37.5
20	Doreen McCannell	Canada	1:37.6
21	Marcia Parsons	Canada	1:37.7
22	Arja Kantola	Finland	1:37.9
23	Jenny Fish	United States	1:38.4
24	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	France	1:39.3
25	Misae Takeda	Japan	1:40.4
26	Sachiko Saito	Japan	1:41.0
27	Wendy Thompson	Canada	1:41.1
28	Patricia Demartini	France	1:44.6
29	Trish Tipper	Great Britain	1:46.5