The 500 metres speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

event for women was part of the demonstration sport

Demonstration sport

A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote itself, most commonly during the Olympic Games, but also at other sporting events.Demonstration sports were officially introduced in 1912 Summer Olympics, when Sweden decided to include glima, traditional Icelandic wrestling, in the...

 programme of the 1932 Winter Olympics

1932 Winter Olympics

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It would be the first winter olympics held in the United...

. 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

Records

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

World Record	58.7(*)	Liselotte Landbeck Liselotte Landbeck Liselotte Landbeck is a former Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the 1930s. In figure skating, she won the bronze medal at the 1934 World Championships...	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...  (SUI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... )	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

Dorothy Franey

Dorothy Franey Langkop was an American speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.-Biography:...

 skated the 500 metres in 54.8 seconds at the National Women's Championships at Oconomowoc

Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

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, but in packstyle format.

First round

Heat 1

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1		62.4	Q
2			Q
3			Q
4
5

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1		60.4	Q
2			Q
3			Q
4
5

Final

Place	Name	Time
1		58.0
2
3
4
5
6