World All-Round Speed ​​Skating Championships women 1962

The twenty-third World All-Round Speed ​​Skating Championships for women was 17 and February 18, 1962 held at the rink of Imatra , Finland .

There was a record number of participants from thirty-one, also a record, twelve countries. From Finland (2), the GDR (1), France (1) Hungary (1) Norway (2) Poland (5), the Soviet Union (5), Sweden (4), China (4)Japan (2), Mongolia (2) and the United States (2). Ten rijdsters debuted this edition.

Also this championship was on the small vierkamp respectively the 500m, 1500m, 1000m and 3000m, run.

Inga Voronina-Artamonova captured the title for the third time, and was the third woman who performed after Laila Schou Nilsen ('35, '37 and '38) and Maria Isakova ('48, '49 and '50) her herein went. Her compatriots Lidiya Skoblikova and Albina Toezova were second and third.

Elwira Seroczyńska won the 500m at the first gold (distance) medal for Poland after Helena Pilajczyk at the 1960 World Cup already won silver. Elsa Einarsson won first silver distance medal for Sweden only Maj-Britt Almer had at the World Cup 1951 won three bronze medals for Sweden. Helga Haase -Obschernitzki earned her sixth World Cup participation, the first distance medals (2x bronze) for East Germany. Kaneko Takahashi knew for the first time since the World Cup 1936 back to win a distance medal for Japan.