Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The 1000 metres speed skating event for women was part of the demonstration sport programme of the 1932 Winter Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 9, 1932.

Women's 1000 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date9 February 1932
Competitors10 from 2 nations
Winning time2:04.0

Ten speed skaters from two nations competed.

Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.

Podium

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
Elizabeth Dubois
 United States
Hattie Donaldson
 Canada
Dorothy Franey
 United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Winter Olympics.

World Record 2:03.4(*) Zofia Nehringowa Engelberg (SUI) January 17, 1932
Olympic Record -

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

First round

Heat 1

PlaceNameTimeQual.
1 Lela Brooks-Potter (CAN)2:01.2Q
2 Geraldine Mackie (CAN)Q
3 Hattie Donaldson (CAN)Q
4 Helen Bina (USA)
 Elsie Muller-McLave (USA)DNF

Heat 2

PlaceNameTimeQual.
1 Jean Wilson (CAN)2:06.0Q
2 Elizabeth Dubois (USA)Q
3 Dorothy Franey (USA)Q
 Florence Hurd (CAN)DNF
 Kit Klein (USA)DNF

Final

PlaceNameTime
1 Elizabeth Dubois (USA)2:04.0
2 Hattie Donaldson (CAN)
3 Dorothy Franey (USA)
4 Lela Brooks-Potter (CAN)
5 Geraldine Mackie (CAN)
6 Jean Wilson (CAN)

References

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