1000 m, women (speed skating)

What to remember

Two and a half laps of a 400 m rink: that is how the 1000 m is skated, and on such a rink it is the only distance with a finish line of its own. On 9 March 2019, at the World Cup Final in Salt Lake City, American Brittany Bowe covered it in 1 min 11.61 s.

Her average speed comes to 50.27 km/h. On a 333.3 m rink, the same distance takes three laps, with a shared start and finish line.

Bowe also competed in inline skating, where she won eight world titles, and played basketball. On ice she specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships she won gold in the 1000 m and the 1500 m, then two weeks later took the 2015 World Sprint Championships, winning all four races along the way.