Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	February 11
Competitors	33 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:31.40
Medalists
Monika Pflug   West Germany   Atje Keulen-Deelstra   Netherlands   Anne Henning   United States

Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m				women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men

The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Anne Henning (USA)	1:27.30	Davos, Switzerland	8 January 1972
Olympic record	Carry Geijssen (GDR)	1:32.6	Grenoble, France	11 February 1968

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
11 February	Monika Pflug (FRG)	1:31.40	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Monika Pflug	West Germany	1:31.40	OR
	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Netherlands	1:31.61
	Anne Henning	United States	1:31.62
4	Lyudmila Titova	Soviet Union	1:31.85
5	Nina Statkevich	Soviet Union	1:32.21
6	Dianne Holum	United States	1:32.41
7	Ellie van den Brom	Netherlands	1:32.60
8	Sylvia Burka	Canada	1:32.95
9	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	1:33.13
10	Lyudmila Savrulina	Soviet Union	1:33.41
11	Tuula Vilkas	Finland	1:33.51
12	Han Pil-Hwa	North Korea	1:33.79
12	Rosemarie Taupadel	East Germany	1:33.79
14	Ylva Hedlund	Sweden	1:33.82
15	Emiko Taguchi	Japan	1:34.40
16	Paula Dufter	West Germany	1:34.86
17	Sheila Young	United States	1:34.97
18	Sachiko Saito	Japan	1:35.12
19	Ann-Sofie Järnström	Sweden	1:35.21
20	Tak In-Suk	North Korea	1:35.38
21	Arja Kantola	Finland	1:35.45
22	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	Norway	1:35.56
23	Kirsti Biermann	Norway	1:35.76
24	Trijnie Rep	Netherlands	1:35.82
25	Jeon Seon-Ok	South Korea	1:36.24
26	Lee Gyeong-Hui	South Korea	1:36.50
27	Choi Dong-Ok	North Korea	1:36.67
28	Ryoko Onozawa	Japan	1:36.99
29	Cathy Priestner	Canada	1:37.11
30	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	1:37.24
31	Choi Jung-Hui	South Korea	1:37.57
32	Gayle Gordon	Canada	1:38.32
33	Ruth Schleiermacher	East Germany	1:52.65

References

1. "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference - 1972 - Women's 1000 metres