The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 30 January, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date Athlete Time OR WR 30 January 45.0 OR
Results
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Lidiya Skoblikova 45.0 Irina Yegorova 45.4 Tatyana Sidorova 45.54 Jeanne Ashworth 46.2 Jan Smith 46.2 6 Gunilla Jacobsson 46.5 7 Mary Lawler 46.6 8 Helga Haase 47.2 9 Inger Eriksson 47.3 10 Doreen Ryan 47.7 11 Christina Lindblom-Scherling 47.8 12 Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 47.913 Doreen McCannell 48.0 Kaija Mustonen 48.0 15 Ryoo Choon-za 48.416 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 48.8 Elwira Seroczyńska 48.8 18 Françoise Lucas 48.9 19 Yasuko Takano 49.3 20 Kim Hye-suk 49.6 21 Brigitte Reichert 49.8 22 Adelajda Mroske 49.9 23 Helena Pilejczyk 50.1 24 Kaneko Takahashi 50.525 Sigrit Behrenz 50.9 Kornélia Ihász 50.9 27 Jarmila Šťastná 52.0 28 Han Pil-Hwa 58.5
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