Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	February 9
Competitors	31 from 12 nations
Winning time	2:20.85
Medalists
Dianne Holum   United States   Stien Kaiser   Netherlands   Atje Keulen-Deelstra   Netherlands

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 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on February 9, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Stien Kaiser (NED)	2:15.8	Davos, Switzerland	15 January 1971
Olympic record	Kaija Mustonen (FIN)	2:22.4	Grenoble, France	10 February 1968

The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
9 February	Pair 1	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Netherlands	2:22.05	OR
9 February	Pair 5	Dianne Holum	United States	2:20.85	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Dianne Holum	United States	2:20.85	OR
	Stien Kaiser	Netherlands	2:21.05
	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Netherlands	2:22.05
4	Ellie van den Brom	Netherlands	2:22.27
5	Rosemarie Taupadel	East Germany	2:22.35
6	Nina Statkevich	Soviet Union	2:23.19
7	Connie Carpenter-Phinney	United States	2:23.93
8	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	2:24.07
9	Kapitolina Seregina	Soviet Union	2:24.29
10	Monika Pflug	West Germany	2:24.69
11	Satomi Koike	Japan	2:25.16
12	Kim Bok-Soon	North Korea	2:25.48
13	Han Pil-Hwa	North Korea	2:25.64
14	Lyudmila Savrulina	Soviet Union	2:25.85
15	Paula Dufter	West Germany	2:26.00
16	Tuula Vilkas	Finland	2:27.09
17	Emiko Taguchi	Japan	2:28.19
18	Kaname Ide	Japan	2:28.34
19	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	Norway	2:28.36
20	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	2:29.38
21	Sylvia Burka	Canada	2:29.60
22	Choi Jung-Hui	South Korea	2:29.79
23	Kirsti Biermann	Norway	2:29.94
24	Leah Poulos	United States	2:31.29
25	Ylva Hedlund	Sweden	2:31.31
26	Ann-Sofie Järnström	Sweden	2:31.53
27	Gayle Gordon	Canada	2:31.86
28	Jeon Seon-Ok	South Korea	2:32.06
29	Kim Myung-Ja	North Korea	2:32.55
30	Jennifer Jackson	Canada	2:35.22
31	Monika Stützle	West Germany	2:37.15

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 1500 metres