Evolution of the 500 m distance
"Evolution of the 500 m distance" is an attempt to follow the evolution of
the top ten 500 m results. I am aware that there are results which are missing
and some results might be wrong. If you
have additions or corrections and if you would like to help me to keep
this page up to date please do not hesitate to inform me at
evert.stenlund@telia.com.
Blair has made a big impact on this list.
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Previously recognized world records:
1.02.0 Nehringerova Zofja POL Warsaw 19310215 WR
58.7 Landbeck Liselotte AUT Davos 19320109 WR
56.0 Lie Synnøve NOR Brandbu 19320320 WR
51.5 Landbeck Liselotte AUT Davos 19330120 WR
51.3 Landbeck Liselotte AUT Davos 19340113 WR
50.3 Lie Synnøve NOR Oslo 19340212 WR
49.3 Schou Nilsen Laila NOR Oslo 19350227 WR
46.4 Schou Nilsen Laila NOR Davos 19370130 WR
45.6 Rylova Tamara URS Medeo 19550111 WR
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19690201
1 44.4 Ashworth Jean USA Col. Springs 19631229 1
2 44.5 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19680109 1
3 44.7 Sidorova Tatjana URS Davos 19680203 1 WR
4 44.7 Schleiermacher Ruth GDR Davos 19690126 1
5 44.9 Voronina Inga URS Medeo 19620127 1 WR
6 45.0 Smith Janice USA Col. Springs 19631226 1
7 45.0 Skoblikova Lidija URS Innsbruck 19640130 1
8 45.0 Jegorova Irina URS Davos 19680203 2
9 45.1 Biermann Kersti NOR Grenoble 19690201 1
10 45.2 Rylova Tamara URS Sverdlovsk 19640302 1
3 44.6 Schleiermacher Ruth GDR Davos 19690204 1 WR
2 44.4 Krasnova Vera URS Tsakadzor 19690222 1
1 43.9 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19700106 1
2 44.1 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19700106
1 43.29 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19700109 1 WR
3 43.99 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19700109
3 43.99 Statkevitsj Nina URS Medeo 19700109
9 44.53 Bujanova Alla URS Medeo 19700109
9 44.5 van Dalsen Annie NED Inzell 19700112
1 43.22 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19700116 1 WR
3 43.32 Statkevitsj Nina URS Medeo 19700116 2
4 43.86 Bujanova Alla URS Medeo 19700116
4 43.38 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19700124
10 44.23 Ivanova Vera URS Medeo 19700124
7 43.9 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19710122
1 43.2 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19710213
1 42.91 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19710220 1 WR
2 43.15 Schleiermacher Ruth GDR Inzell 19710220 2
1 42.75 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19710221 1 WR
9 43.38 Schleiermacher Ruth GDR Inzell 19710221 2
1 42.6 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19711123
2 42.6 Henning Anne USA Innsbruck 19711128
1 42.5 Henning Anne USA Davos 19720107 1 WR
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19720107
1 42.5 Henning Anne USA Davos 19720107 1 WR
2 42.6 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19711123
3 42.6 Henning Anne USA Innsbruck 19711128
4 42.75 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19710221 1 WR
5 42.91 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19710220 1 WR
6 43.15 Schleiermacher Ruth GDR Inzell 19710220 2
7 43.2 Henning Anne USA Inzell 19710213
8 43.22 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19700116 1 WR
9 43.29 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19700109 1 WR
10 43.32 Statkevitsj Nina URS Medeo 19700116 2
9 43.27 Titova Ljudmila URS Inzell 19720115 1
8 43.20 Henning Anne USA Madonna 19720116 1
4 42.6 Henning Anne USA Innsbruck 19720119 1
5 42.6 Henning Anne USA Innsbruck 19720120 1
6 42.6 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19730107
8 42.8 Sidorova Tatjana URS Medeo 19730107
1 41.8 Young Sheila USA Davos 19730119 1 WR
2 42.3 Young Sheila USA Davos 19730120 1
10 42.75 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19730320
4 42.5 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19731226 1
2 42.20 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19740401
2 41.87 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19741214 1
3 42.16 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19750209
6 42.3 Young Sheila USA Assen 19750222 1
3 41.96 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19750301 1
5 42.16 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19750302 1
1 41.70 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750311 1 WR
1 41.69 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19750321 1 WR
3 41.79 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750321 2
7 42.13 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19750321 3
6 41.93 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750328 1
1 41.06 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750329 1 WR
2 41.30 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19750329 2
7 41.85 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19750403 -
1 40.96 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19750410 1
6 41.7 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19760120 1
1 40.91 Young Sheila USA Davos 19760131 1 WR
8 41.78 Poulos Leah USA Davos 19760131 2
8 41.70 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19760228 1
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19760228
1 40.91 Young Sheila USA Davos 19760131 1 WR
2 40.96 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19750410 1
3 41.06 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750329 1 WR
4 41.30 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19750329 2
5 41.69 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19750321 1 WR
6 41.70 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750311 1 WR
7 41.7 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19760120 1
8 41.70 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19760228 1
9 41.78 Poulos Leah USA Davos 19760131 2
10 41.79 Averina Tatjana URS Medeo 19750321 2
3 41.01 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19760312 1
1 40.68 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19760313 1 WR
7 41.52 Krasnova Vera URS Medeo 19760411 1
6 41.1 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19771216 1
7 41.26 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19771223 1
10 41.63 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19771224 1
6 41.08 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19780402 1
10 41.35 Jacob Cornelia GDR Medeo 19780405 1
2 40.84 Sadtsjikova Ljubov URS Medeo 19780410 -
9 41.23 Kovrova Irina URS Medeo 19780421 1
5 41.0 Jacob Cornelia GDR Medeo 19790131 1
10 41.2 Jacob Cornelia GDR Medeo 19790317 -
10 41.1 Jacob Cornelia GDR Medeo 19790320 1
2 40.74 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19791226 1
6 40.99 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19791227 1
1 40.40 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19801227 1
3 40.7 Rothenburger Christa GDR Davos 19810125 1
1 40.28 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19810327 1 WR
3 40.58 Masjkovtseva Ljudmila URS Medeo 19810327 2
4 40.61 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19810327 3
9 40.87 Enke Karin GDR Medeo 19810327 1
10 40.89 Stahnke Angela GDR Medeo 19810327 4
1 40.18 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19810328 1 WR
8 40.71 Petrusjova Natalja URS Medeo 19811225 1
10 40.81 Busch Karin GDR Inzell 19820213 1
4 40.56 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19820326 1
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19820326
1 40.18 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19810328 1 WR
2 40.28 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19810327 1 WR
3 40.40 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19801227 1
4 40.56 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19820326 1
5 40.58 Masjkovtseva Ljudmila URS Medeo 19810327 2
6 40.61 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19810327 3
7 40.68 Young Sheila USA Inzell 19760313 1 WR
8 40.7 Rothenburger Christa GDR Davos 19810125 1
9 40.71 Petrusjova Natalja URS Medeo 19811225 1
10 40.74 Tarasova Tatjana URS Medeo 19791226 1
1 39.69 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19830325 1 WR
4 40.39 Glebova Natalja URS Medeo 19830325 1
6 40.53 Petrusjova Natalja URS Medeo 19830325 2
3 40.26 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19830326 1
8 40.54 Enke Karin GDR Karl-Marx-S. 19831209 1
7 40.4 Kulesjova Irina URS Medeo 19831219 1
8 40.45 Sjive Natalja URS Davos 19840121 1
9 40.48 Kulesjova Irina URS Davos 19840121 2
5 40.36 Rothenburger Christa GDR Davos 19840122 1
6 40.38 Enke Karin GDR Davos 19840122 2
2 40.13 Kulesjova Irina URS Medeo 19851221 1
2 39.94 Kania Karin GDR Karuizawa 19860223 1
3 40.08 Blair Bonnie USA Karuizawa 19860223 2
3 40.08 Rothenburger Christa GDR Karuizawa 19860223 2
2 39.79 Kania Karin GDR Inzell 19860306 1
4 40.03 Blair Bonnie USA Inzell 19860306 2
7 40.09 Rothenburger Christa GDR Inzell 19860306 3
1 39.52 Kania Karin GDR Medeo 19860321 1 WR
3 39.74 Blair Bonnie USA Davos 19870110 1
10 40.11 Blair Bonnie USA Davos 19870117 1
2 39.57 Blair Bonnie USA Heerenveen 19870218 1
6 39.85 Blair Bonnie USA Inzell 19870312 1
1 39.43 Blair Bonnie USA Heerenveen 19870319 1 WR
1 39.28 Blair Bonnie USA Medeo 19870326 -
6 39.70 Blair Bonnie USA Butte 19871122 1
8 39.76 Blair Bonnie USA Butte 19871128 1
3 39.44 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19871204 1
4 39.48 Rothenburger Christa GDR Calgary 19871204 2
2 39.39 Rothenburger Christa GDR Calgary 19871206 1 WR
7 39.56 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19871206 2
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19871206
1 39.28 Blair Bonnie USA Medeo 19870326 -
2 39.39 Rothenburger Christa GDR Calgary 19871206 1 WR
3 39.43 Blair Bonnie USA Heerenveen 19870319 1 WR
4 39.44 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19871204 1
5 39.48 Rothenburger Christa GDR Calgary 19871204 2
6 39.52 Kania Karin GDR Medeo 19860321 1 WR
7 39.56 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19871206 2
8 39.57 Blair Bonnie USA Heerenveen 19870218 1
9 39.69 Rothenburger Christa GDR Medeo 19830325 1 WR
10 39.70 Blair Bonnie USA Butte 19871122 1
5 39.45 Rothenburger Christa GDR Davos 19880116 1
8 39.52 Rothenburger Christa GDR Davos 19880124 1
1 39.10 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19880222 1 WR
2 39.12 Rothenburger Christa GDR Calgary 19880222 2
3 39.24 Kania Karin GDR Calgary 19880222 3
3 39.19 Rothenburger Christa GDR Heerenveen 19880315 1
10 39.47 Blair Bonnie USA Heerenveen 19890225 1
9 39.44 Blair Bonnie USA Butte 19900120
7 39.4 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19910130 1
8 39.42 Blair Bonnie USA Davos 19920119 1
8 39.40 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19920405 1
6 39.29 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19940129 1
3 39.12 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19940130 1
5 39.22 Xue Ruihong CHN Calgary 19940130 2
7 39.25 Blair Bonnie USA Hamar 19940219 1
5 39.19 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19940325 1
1 38.99 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19940326 1 WR
10 39.27 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19950204 1
5 39.15 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19950211 1
6 39.18 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19950211 2
1 38.69 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19950212 1 WR
2 38.94 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19950212 2
7 39.13 Blair Bonnie USA Milwaukee 19950218 1
2 38.87 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19950318 1
3 38.92 Okasaki Tomomi JPN Calgary 19960302 1
6 39.07 Zjurova Svetlana RUS Calgary 19960302 2
1 38.47 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971025 1
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19971025
1 38.47 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971025 1
2 38.69 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19950212 1 WR
3 38.87 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19950318 1
4 38.92 Okasaki Tomomi JPN Calgary 19960302 1
5 38.94 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19950212 2
6 38.99 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19940326 1 WR
7 39.07 Zjurova Svetlana RUS Calgary 19960302 2
8 39.10 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19880222 1 WR
9 39.12 Rothenburger Christa GDR Calgary 19880222 2
10 39.12 Blair Bonnie USA Calgary 19940130 1
1 38.15 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971108 1
6 38.93 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19971108 2
1 37.90 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971122 1 WR
4 38.67 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19971122 2
6 38.73 Völker Sabine GER Calgary 19971122 3
8 38.91 Witty Christine USA Calgary 19971122 4
2 37.90 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971123 1 WR
5 38.57 Völker Sabine GER Calgary 19971123 2
8 38.70 Witty Christine USA Calgary 19971123 3
10 38.84 Schenk Franziska GER Calgary 19971123 4
4 38.26 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971214 1
1 37.71 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971227 1 WR
6 38.46 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19971227 2
1 37.55 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971228 1 WR
6 38.20 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19971228 2
8 38.39 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Nagano 19980213 1
9 38.42 Auch Susan CAN Nagano 19980213 2
7 38.21 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Nagano 19980214 1
9 38.37 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19980314 1
9 38.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Milwaukee 19980320 1
10 38.33 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Milwaukee 19980321 1
3 37.88 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19980327 1
10 38.27 Okazaki Tomomi JPN Calgary 19980327 2
3 37.71 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19980327 1
10 38.23 Auch Susan CAN Calgary 19980327 2
8 38.17 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19981114 1
7 38.06 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19981128 1
7 37.90 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19981129 1
8 38.02 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990115 1
8 37.98 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990213 1
5 37.89 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990220 1
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19990220
1 37.55 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971228 1 WR
2 37.71 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971227 1 WR
3 37.71 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19980327 1
4 37.88 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19980327 1
5 37.89 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990220 1
6 37.90 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971122 1 WR
7 37.90 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19971123 1 WR
8 37.90 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19981129 1
9 37.98 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990213 1
10 38.02 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990115 1
4 37.86 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 19990221 1
10 37.97 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20000112 1
10 37.94 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20001118 1
1 37.40 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20010106 1 WR
3 37.57 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20010107 1
2 37.42 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20010303 1
7 37.79 Zjurova Svetlana RUS Calgary 20010303 2
3 37.43 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20010304 1
6 37.68 Garbrecht Monique GER Calgary 20010304 2
6 37.68 Völker Sabine GER Calgary 20010304 2
1 37.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20010309 1 WR
5 37.43 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20010309 1
6 37.49 Garbrecht Monique GER Salt Lake C 20010309 2
8 37.55 Zjurova Svetlana RUS Salt Lake C 20010309 3
10 37.62 Völker Sabine GER Salt Lake C 20010309 4
2 37.38 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011124 1
10 37.55 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20011201 1
4 37.40 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20011202 1
2 37.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011208 1
1 37.22 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011209 1 WR
4 37.36 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20020202 1
4 37.30 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20020213 1
5 37.34 Garbrecht Monique GER Salt Lake C 20020213 2
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20020213
1 37.22 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011209 1 WR
2 37.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20010309 1 WR
3 37.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011208 1
4 37.30 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20020213 1
5 37.34 Garbrecht Monique GER Salt Lake C 20020213 2
6 37.36 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20020202 1
7 37.38 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011124 1
8 37.40 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20010106 1 WR
9 37.40 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20011202 1
10 37.42 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20010303 1
2 37.28 Wang Manli CHN Salt Lake C 20051120 1
9 37.39 Wang Beixing CHN Salt Lake C 20051120 2
6 37.32 Wang Beixing CHN Calgary 20070303 1
2 37.24 Wang Beixing CHN Salt Lake C 20070310 1
1 37.04 Wolf Jenny GER Salt Lake C 20070310 1 WR
7 37.29 Wang Beixing CHN Salt Lake C 20070310 2
10 37.32 Wang Beixing CHN Salt Lake C 20071109 1
3 37.22 Wolf Jenny GER Salt Lake C 20071110 1
1 37.02 Wolf Jenny GER Calgary 20071116 1 WR
3 37.21 Wang Beixing CHN Calgary 20071116 2
3 37.15 Wolf Jenny GER Calgary 20071117 1
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20071117
1 37.02 Wolf Jenny GER Calgary 20071116 1 WR
2 37.04 Wolf Jenny GER Salt Lake C 20070310 1 WR
3 37.15 Wolf Jenny GER Calgary 20071117 1
4 37.21 Wang Beixing CHN Calgary 20071116 2
5 37.22 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011209 1 WR
6 37.22 Wolf Jenny GER Salt Lake C 20071110 1
7 37.24 Wang Beixing CHN Salt Lake C 20070310 1
8 37.28 Wang Manli CHN Salt Lake C 20051120 1
9 37.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Salt Lake C 20010309 1 WR
10 37.29 LeMay-Doan Catriona CAN Calgary 20011208 1
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