The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 6 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 6 February Pair 4 Cathy Priestner 43.12 OR 6 February Pair 5 Sheila Young 42.76 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Difference Notes 5 o Sheila Young 42.76 4 i Cathy Priestner 43.12 12 o Tatyana Averina 43.17 4 8 i Leah Poulos 43.21 5 9 o Vera Krasnova 43.23 6 3 i Lyubov Sadchikova 43.80 7 9 i Makiko Nagaya 43.88 8 6 o Paula-Irmeli Halonen 43.99 9 14 i Lori Monk 44.00 10 2 i Heike Lange 44.21 11 10 i Sylvia Burka 44.35 12 4 o Monika Pflug 44.36 13 1 i Ann-Sofie Järnström 44.49 14 10 o Stanisława Pietruszczak 44.68 15 12 i Ines Bautzmann 44.87 16 1 o Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 45.00 17 3 o Keiko Hasegawa 45.09 18 5 i Erwina Ryś-Ferens 45.37 19 7 i Christa Jaarsma 45.45 20 7 o Ute Dix 45.60 21 13 i Kathy Vogt 45.62 22 8 o Sylvia Filipsson 45.97 23 6 i Annie Borckink 46.00 24 13 o Sijtje van der Lende 46.06 25 11 i Lee Nam-sun 46.33 26 11 o Ewa Malewicka 46.67 Fall 27 2 o Linda Rombouts 48.31
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