Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 9 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Lyudmila Titova | 46.1 | ||
| Jenny Fish | 46.3 | ||
| Dianne Holum | 46.3 | ||
| Mary Meyers | 46.3 | ||
| 5 | Ellie van den Brom | 46.6 | |
| 6 | Kaija Mustonen | 46.7 | |
| 6 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 46.7 | |
| 8 | Kirsti Biermann | 46.8 | |
| 9 | Irina Yegorova | 46.9 | |
| 9 | Tatyana Sidorova | 46.9 | |
| 11 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 47.0 | |
| 12 | Arja Kantola | 47.4 | |
| 12 | Evi Sappl | 47.4 | |
| 14 | Stien Kaiser | 47.6 | |
| 15 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | 47.7 | |
| 16 | Wil Burgmeijer | 47.8 | |
| 16 | Ruth Schleiermacher | 47.8 | |
| 18 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 48.1 | |
| 19 | Marie-Louise Perrenoud | 48.2 | |
| 19 | Wendy Thompson | 48.2 | |
| 21 | Hildegard Sellhuber | 48.4 | |
| 22 | Martine Ivangine | 48.5 | |
| 23 | Marcia Parsons | 48.8 | |
| 24 | Doreen McCannell | 49.0 | |
| 25 | Misae Takeda | 49.4 | |
| 26 | Ylva Hedlund | 49.9 | |
| 27 | Kaname Ide | 50.0 | |
| - | Sachiko Saito | DNF |