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

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on February 9, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.^[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3][4]

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

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Dianne Holum	United States	2:20.85	OR
	Stien Baas-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 Seryogina	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. "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.