Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
| Speed skating at the XI Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
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| Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium |
| Dates | February 4-12 |
| Competitors | 118 from 18 nations |
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Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics, was held from 5 February to 14 February. Eight events were contested at Makomanai Open Stadium in Sapporo, Japan.[1] This was the first Olympics at which electronic times were recorded to the hundredeth of a second.
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Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) |
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  West Germany (FRG) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Norway (NOR) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
The Netherlands toppd the medal table, with four golds and nine overall, led by Ard Schenk's three gold medals.
Schenk led the individual medal table, winning each of the three longer distance events. The most successful female skater was the Netherlands's Stien Kaiser, who won one gold and one silver medal.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Erhard Keller West Germany |
39.44 (OR) |
Hasse Börjes Sweden |
39.69 | Valery Muratov Soviet Union |
39.80 |
| 1500 metres |
Ard Schenk Netherlands |
2:02.96 (OR) |
Roar Grønvold Norway |
2:04.26 | Göran Claeson Sweden |
2:05.89 |
| 5000 metres |
Ard Schenk Netherlands |
7:23.61 | Roar Grønvold Norway |
7:28.18 | Sten Stensen Norway |
7:33.39 |
| 10000 metres |
Ard Schenk Netherlands |
15:01.35 (OR) |
Kees Verkerk Netherlands |
15:04.70 | Sten Stensen Norway |
15:07.08 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Anne Henning United States |
43.33 (OR) |
Vera Krasnova Soviet Union |
44.01 | Lyudmila Titova Soviet Union |
44.45 |
| 1000 metres |
Monika Pflug West Germany |
1:31.40 (OR) |
Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands |
1:31.61 | Anne Henning United States |
1:31.62 |
| 1500 metres |
Dianne Holum United States |
2:20.85 (OR) |
Stien Kaiser Netherlands |
2:21.05 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands |
1:22.05 |
| 3000 metres |
Stien Kaiser Netherlands |
4:52.14 (OR) |
Dianne Holum United States |
4:58.67 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands |
4:59.91 |
Records
Seven of the eight events had new Olympic records set, with only the men's 5000 metres record remaining unbroken.[2][3]
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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| Men's 500 metres | 5 February | Erhard Keller (FRG) |
39.44 | OR | |
| Men's 1500 metres | 6 February | Ard Schenk (NED) |
2:02.96 | OR | |
| Men's 10000 metres | 7 February | Ard Schenk (NED) |
15:01.35 | OR | |
| Women's 500 metres | 10 February | Anne Henning (USA) |
43.33 | OR | |
| Women's 1000 metres | 11 February | Monika Pflug (FRG) |
1:31.40 | OR | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 9 February | Dianne Holum (USA) |
2:20.85 | OR | |
| Women's 3000 metres | 12 February | Stien Kaiser (NED) |
4:52.14 | OR |
Participating NOCs
Eighteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Sapporo.
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