Results of the 1976 Olympic Games 500 meters Women
| place | Innsbruck (AUT) | |
| rink | Olympia Eisstadion | |
| date | 6 February 1976 | |
| # | name | time | |
| 1 | Sheila Young | USA | 0:42.76 |
| 2 | Cathy Priestner | CAN | 0:43.12 |
| 3 | Tatyana Averina | URS | 0:43.17 |
| 4 | Leah Poulos | USA | 0:43.21 |
| 5 | Vera Krasnova | URS | 0:43.23 |
| 6 | Lyubov Sadchikova | URS | 0:43.80 |
| 7 | Makiko Nagaya | JPN | 0:43.88 |
| 8 | Paula-Irmeli Halonen | FIN | 0:43.99 |
| 9 | Lori Monk | USA | 0:44.00 |
| 10 | Heike Lange | GDR | 0:44.21 |
| 11 | Sylvia Burka | CAN | 0:44.35 |
| 12 | Monika Holzner-Pflug | FRG | 0:44.36 |
| 13 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE | 0:44.49 |
| 14 | Stanisława Pietruszczak | POL | 0:44.68 |
| 15 | Ines Bautzmann | GDR | 0:44.82 |
| 16 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | NOR | 0:45.00 |
| 17 | Keiko Hasegawa | JPN | 0:45.09 |
| 18 | Erwina Ryś | POL | 0:45.37 |
| 19 | Christa Jaarsma | NED | 0:45.45 |
| 20 | Ute Dix | GDR | 0:45.60 |
| 21 | Kathy Vogt | CAN | 0:45.62 |
| 22 | Sylvia Filipsson | SWE | 0:45.97 |
| 23 | Annie Borckink | NED | 0:46.00 |
| 24 | Sijtje van der Lende | NED | 0:46.06 |
| 25 | Lee Nam-sun | KOR | 0:46.33 |
| 26 | Ewa Malewicka | POL | 0:46.67 |
| 27 | Linda Rombouts | BEL | 0:48.31 |
| Navigation Olympic Games 1976 | |||||
| Men | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | 5000m | 10,000m |
| Women | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | 3000m | |
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