Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Girls
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 1:27.02 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 23 Feb 1976 | |
| 2 | Kim Kostron | USA | 1:26.74 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 20 Feb 1977 | |
| 3 | Beth Heiden | USA | 1:26.47 | Grenoble | FRA | outdoor - artificial | 25 Feb 1979 | |
| 4 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | NOR | 1:24.30 | Larvik | NOR | outdoor - artificial | 10 Mar 1979 | |
| 5 | Sarah Docter | USA | 1:23.84 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 14 Feb 1982 | |
| 6 | Angela Stahnke | GDR | 1:23.53 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 22 Jan 1984 | |
| 7 | Cornelia Dick | GDR | 1:22.24 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 23 Mar 1985 | |
| 8 | Lyudmila Tuberozova | URS | 1:22.10 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 22 Mar 1986 | |
| 9 | Chris Witty | USA | 1:20.77 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 25 Mar 1994 | |
| 10 | Anni Friesinger | GER | 1:20.61 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 9 Mar 1996 | |
| 11 | Aki Tonoike | JPN | 1:18.40 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Nov 1997 |
| 12 | Aki Tonoike | JPN | 1:18.28 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 23 Nov 1997 |
| 13 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 1:17.49 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 30 Jan 2000 |
| 14 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 1:17.33 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 18 Mar 2000 |
| 15 | Heike Hartmann | GER | 1:16.92 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 3 Mar 2001 |
| 16 | Judith Hesse | GER | 1:16.14 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Mar 2002 |
| 17 | Annette Gerritsen | NED | 1:16.14 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 23 Jan 2005 |
| 18 | Ireen Wüst | NED | 1:15.93 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 11 Mar 2005 |
| 19 | Laurine van Riessen | NED | 1:15.53 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 16 Mar 2007 |
| 20 | Marrit Leenstra | NED | 1:15.41 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 13 Mar 2008 |
| 21 | Miho Takagi | JPN | 1:15.40 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 21 Jan 2012 |
| 22 | Kim Hyun-yung | KOR | 1:15.18 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 10 Nov 2013 |
| 23 | Kim Hyun-yung | KOR | 1:14.95 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 17 Nov 2013 |
| 24 | Joy Beune | NED | 1:14.21 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2018 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
