Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	(women)
1000 m		(women)
1500 m	men	(women)
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men

The 500 metres speed skating event for women was part of the demonstration sport programme of the 1932 Winter Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, February 8, 1932.

Ten speed skaters from two nations competed.

Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time. This was the common style in North America at that time.

Podium

No official medals were awarded.

1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Jean Wilson  Canada	Elizabeth Dubois  United States	Kit Klein  United States

Records

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

World Record	58.7(*)	Liselotte Landbeck	Davos (SUI)	January 9, 1932
Olympic Record		-

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

Dorothy Franey skated the 500 metres in 54.8 seconds at the National Women's Championships at Oconomowoc, but in packstyle format.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Lela Brooks-Potter (CAN)	62.4	Q
2	Elsie Muller-McLave (USA)		Q
3	Helen Bina (USA)		Q
4	Hattie Donaldson (CAN)
5	Geraldine Mackie (CAN)

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Jean Wilson (CAN)	60.4	Q
2	Kit Klein (USA)		Q
3	Elizabeth Dubois (USA)		Q
4	Dorothy Franey (USA)
5	Florence Hurd (CAN)

Final

Place	Name	Time
1	Jean Wilson (CAN)	58.0
2	Elizabeth Dubois (USA)
3	Kit Klein (USA)
4	Lela Brooks-Potter (CAN)
5	Elsie Muller-McLave (USA)
6	Helen Bina (USA)

References

• Official Olympic Report