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1,000 metres, Women

Date 9 February 1932
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationJames C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval, Lake Placid
Participants10 from 2 countries

There were two heats with three skaters advancing to the final from each. Canadians Lela Brooks-Potter and Jean Wilson won the heats, the former beating the official world record of 2:03.4, set weeks earlier by Zofja Nehringowa of Poland. Brooks-Potter’s time, however, would not be recognized, having been skated in the North American packstyle format, and neither would be the winning time in the final.

The Canadian women were less fortunate in the final, with 500 m winner Wilson tripping in sight of the finish line, and placing last, while Brooks-Potter came only fourth. Instead, the final was won by Elizabeth Dubois of the USA, with Hattie Donaldson second and Dorothy Franey third. Dubois’ most notable performance prior to the Games had been her victory in the ½ mile at the 1930 US Championships. Franey, as Dorothy Franey-Langkop, would become a mother figure to American Olympians as she helped establish the US Olympians organization.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Elizabeth DuBoisUSA
2Hattie DonaldsonCAN
3Dorothy FraneyUSA
4Lela Brooks-PotterCAN
5Geraldine MackieCAN
6Jean WilsonCAN
4 h1 r1/2Helen BinaUSA
AC h1 r1/2Kit KleinUSA
AC h2 r1/2Elsie Muller-McLaveUSA
AC h2 r1/2Florence HurdCAN

Round One

Date9 February 1932

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Lela Brooks-PotterCAN2:01.2Q
2Geraldine MackieCANQ
3Hattie DonaldsonCANQ
4Helen BinaUSA
DNFElsie Muller-McLaveUSA

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Jean WilsonCAN2:06.0Q
2Elizabeth DuBoisUSAQ
3Dorothy FraneyUSAQ
DNFFlorence HurdCAN
DNFKit KleinUSA

Final Round

Date9 February 1932
PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Elizabeth DuBoisUSA2:00.4
2Hattie DonaldsonCAN
3Dorothy FraneyUSA
4Lela Brooks-PotterCAN
5Geraldine MackieCAN
6Jean WilsonCAN