Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

| World record | Lidia Skoblikova (URS) | 1:31.8 | Karuizawa, Japan | 22 February 1963 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Lidia Skoblikova (URS) | 1:33.2 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1 February 1964 |

The following new Olympic record was set.

| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 February | Carry Geijssen (NED) | 1:32.6 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Carry Geijssen | Netherlands | 1:32.6 | OR |
| | Lyudmila Titova | Soviet Union | 1:32.9 | |
| | Dianne Holum | United States | 1:33.4 | |
| 4 | Kaija Mustonen | Finland | 1:33.6 | |
| 5 | Irina Yegorova | Soviet Union | 1:34.4 | |
| 6 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | Norway | 1:34.5 | |
| 7 | Jeanne Ashworth | United States | 1:34.7 | |
| 8 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | Finland | 1:34.8 | |
| 9 | Kirsti Biermann | Norway | 1:35.0 | |
| 10 | Stien Kaiser | Netherlands | 1:35.2 | |
| 11 | Lāsma Kauniste | Soviet Union | 1:35.3 | |
| 12 | Ruth Schleiermacher | East Germany | 1:35.6 | |
| 13 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | Norway | 1:36.8 | |
| 13 | Ellie van den Brom | Netherlands | 1:36.8 | |
| 15 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | Sweden | 1:36.9 | |
| 16 | Hildegard Sellhuber | West Germany | 1:37.2 | |
| 17 | Martine Ivangine | France | 1:37.4 | |
| 17 | Evi Sappl | West Germany | 1:37.4 | |
| 19 | Ylva Hedlund | Sweden | 1:37.5 | |
| 20 | Doreen McCannell | Canada | 1:37.6 | |
| 21 | Marcia Parsons | Canada | 1:37.7 | |
| 22 | Arja Kantola | Finland | 1:37.9 | |
| 23 | Jenny Fish | United States | 1:38.4 | |
| 24 | Marie-Louise Perrenoud | France | 1:39.3 | |
| 25 | Misae Takeda | Japan | 1:40.4 | |
| 26 | Sachiko Saito | Japan | 1:41.0 | |
| 27 | Wendy Thompson | Canada | 1:41.1 | |
| 28 | Patricia Demartini | France | 1:44.6 | |
| 29 | Trish Tipper | Great Britain | 1:46.5 | |
