1976 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
# 1976 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 37th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships 1976 took place on 21 and 22 February in Gjøvik, Norway at the Gjøvik Stadion ice rink.

Title holder was the East German Karin Kessow.

## Distance medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500m | Sheila Young | Leah Poulos | Paula-Irmeli Halonen |
| 1500m | Sylvia Burka | Sijtje van der Lende | Tatyana Averina |
| 1000m | Sheila Young | Tatyana Averina | Sylvia Burka |
| 3000m | Karin Kessow | Sylvia Filipsson | Monika Zernicek |

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 1500m | 1000m | 3000m |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sylvia Burka | Canada | 184.840 | 44.09 (5) | 2:18.60 | 1:29.59 (3) | 4:58.53 (7) |
| | Tatyana Averina | Soviet Union | 185.283 | 43.79 (4) | 2:19.44 (3) | 1:29.58 (2) | 5:01.34 (9) |
| | Sheila Young | United States | 186.540 | 42.26 | 2:20.76 (6) | 1:28.69 | 5:12.09 (14) |
| 4 | Sijtje van der Lende | Netherlands | 186.580 | 45.40 (15) | 2:19.38 (2) | 1:30.63 (7) | 4:56.43 (4) |
| 5 | Paula-Irmeli Halonen | Finland | 186.716 | 43.69 (3) | 2:20.38 (4) | 1:30.02 (4) | 5:07.34 (13) |
| 6 | Sylvia Filipsson | Sweden | 186.766 | 44.73 (9) | 2:20.56 (5) | 1:31.83 (14) | 4:55.61 (2) |
| 7 | Karin Kessow | East Germany | 187.425 | 45.72 (18) | 2:21.28 (9) | 1:32.22 (16) | 4:51.01 |
| 8 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | Norway | 187.932 | 45.35 (14) | 2:21.95 (12) | 1:31.69 (13) | 4:56.52 (5) |
| 9 | Lyudmila Ankudimova | Soviet Union | 188.103 | 45.07 (11) | 2:20.76 (6) | 1:30.43 (5) | 5:05.39 (12) |
| 10 | Monika Zernicek | East Germany | 188.167 | 45.99 (20) | 2:21.33 (10) | 1:31.58 (11) | 4:55.66 (3) |
| 11 | Nancy Swider-Peltz | United States | 188.190 | 45.33 (13) | 2:22.97 (15) | 1:30.61 (6) | 4:59.39 (8) |
| 12 | Erwina Rys | Poland | 189.087 | 45.24 (12) | 2:22.32 (13) | 1:31.63 (12) | 5:03.55 (11) |
| 13 | Galina Stepanskaya | Soviet Union | 189.112 | 46.63 (24) | 2:21.15 (8) | 1:31.49 (10) | 4:58.12 (6) |
| 14 | Annie Borckink | Netherlands | 189.125 | 45.51 (17) | 2:21.35 (11) | 1:31.93 (15) | 5:03.20 (10) |
| 15 | Kim Kostron | United States | 191.125 | 44.37 (6) | 2:24.18 (18) | 1:31.11 (8) | 5:18.84 (16) |
| 16 | Vera Bryndzei | Soviet Union | 192.595 | 45.43 (16) | 2:23.59 (16) | 1:34.20 (21) | 5:13.21 (15) |
| NC17 | Haitske Pijlman | Netherlands | 138.980 | 44.93 (10) | 2:22.71 (14) | 1:32.96 (17) | – |
| NC18 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | Sweden | 139.097 | 44.40 (7) | 2:27.02 (23) | 1:31.38 (9) | – |
| NC19 | Liz Appleby | Canada | 141.275 | 46.18 (21) | 2:23.88 (17) | 1:34.27 (22) | – |
| NC20 | Tuula Vilkas | Finland | 141.277 | 45.96 (19) | 2:25.64 (21) | 1:33.54 (18) | – |
| NC21 | Makiko Nagaya | Japan | 141.315 | 44.51 (8) | 2:29.34 (26) | 1:34.05 (20) | – |
| NC22 | Margriet Pomper | Netherlands | 141.718 | 46.61 (23) | 2:24.55 (20) | 1:33.85 (19) | – |
| NC23 | Janina Korowicka | Poland | 143.043 | 46.66 (25) | 2:26.74 (22) | 1:34.94 (24) | – |
| NC24 | Yuko Ota | Japan | 143.925 | 46.46 (22) | 2:29.04 (25) | 1:35.57 (25) | – |
| NC25 | Ewa Malewicka | Poland | 144.230 | 47.44 (28) | 2:28.29 (24) | 1:34.72 (23) | – |
| NC26 | Anne Gjersem | Norway | 146.767 | 47.09 (26) | 2:32.33 (27) | 1:37.80 (27) | – |
| NC27 | Berit Haugård | Norway | 147.483 | 47.23 (27) | 2:33.94 (28) | 1:37.88 (28) | – |
| NC28 | Brigitte Flierl | West Germany | 148.125 | 47.90 (29) | 2:34.86 (29) | 1:37.21 (26) | – |
| NC | Leah Poulos | United States | 91.177 | 43.08 (2) | 2:24.29 (19) | DQ | – |

    * = Fell

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