Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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:

| World record | Inga Artamonova (URS) | 44.9 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 27 January 1962 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Helga Haase (EUA) | 45.9 | Squaw Valley, United States | 20 February 1960 |

The following new Olympic record was set.

| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 January | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 45.0 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lidiya Skoblikova | Soviet Union | 45.0 | OR |
| | Irina Yegorova | Soviet Union | 45.4 |
| | Tatyana Sidorova | Soviet Union | 45.5 |
| 4 | Jeanne Ashworth | United States | 46.2 |
| 4 | Jan Smith | United States | 46.2 |
| 6 | Gunilla Jacobsson | Sweden | 46.5 |
| 7 | Mary Lawler | United States | 46.6 |
| 8 | Helga Haase | United Team of Germany | 47.2 |
| 9 | Inger Eriksson | Sweden | 47.3 |
| 10 | Doreen Ryan | Canada | 47.7 |
| 11 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | Sweden | 47.8 |
| 12 | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | Japan | 47.9 |
| 13 | Doreen McCannell | Canada | 48.0 |
| 13 | Kaija Mustonen | Finland | 48.0 |
| 15 | Ryoo Choon-za | North Korea | 48.4 |
| 16 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | Finland | 48.8 |
| 16 | Elwira Seroczyńska | Poland | 48.8 |
| 18 | Françoise Lucas | France | 48.9 |
| 19 | Yasuko Takano | Japan | 49.3 |
| 20 | Kim Hye-suk | South Korea | 49.6 |
| 21 | Brigitte Reichert | United Team of Germany | 49.8 |
| 22 | Adelajda Mroske | Poland | 49.9 |
| 23 | Helena Pilejczyk | Poland | 50.1 |
| 24 | Kaneko Takahashi | Japan | 50.5 |
| 25 | Sigrit Behrenz | United Team of Germany | 50.9 |
| 25 | Kornélia Ihász | Hungary | 50.9 |
| 27 | Jarmila Šťastná | Czechoslovakia | 52.0 |
| 28 | Han Pil-Hwa | North Korea | 58.5 |
