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


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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.
DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
9 FebruaryPair 1Atje Keulen-Deelstra2:22.05OR
9 FebruaryPair 5Dianne Holum2:20.85OR

Results

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Dianne Holum2:20.85
Stien Baas-Kaiser2:21.05-
Atje Keulen-Deelstra2:22.05-
4Ellie van den Brom2:22.27-
5Rosemarie Taupadel2:22.35-
6Nina Statkevich2:23.19-
7Connie Carpenter-Phinney2:23.93-
8Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl2:24.07-
9Kapitolina Seryogina2:24.29-
10Monika Pflug2:24.69-
11Satomi Koike2:25.16-
12Kim Bok-soon2:25.48-
13Han Pil-Hwa2:25.64-
14Lyudmila Savrulina2:25.85-
15Paula Dufter2:26.00-
16Tuula Vilkas2:27.09-
17Emiko Taguchi2:28.19-
18Kaname Ide2:28.34-
19Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg2:28.36-
20Sylvia Filipsson2:29.38-
21Sylvia Burka2:29.60-
22Choi Jung-Hui2:29.79-
23Kirsti Biermann2:29.94-
24Leah Poulos2:31.29-
25Ylva Hedlund2:31.31-
26Ann-Sofie Järnström2:31.53-
27Gayle Gordon2:31.86-
28Jeon Seon-ok2:32.06-
29Kim Myung-ja2:32.55-
30Jennifer Jackson2:35.22-
31Monika Stützle2:37.15-