Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
DatesFebruary 12
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Winning time4:52.14
Medalists
   Netherlands
   United States
   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
10,000 m men

The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 12 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  Stien Kaiser (NED) 4:46.5 Davos, Switzerland 16 January 1971
Olympic record  Ans Schut (NED) 4:56.2 Grenoble, France 12 February 1968

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
12 February Pair 10 Stien Kaiser Netherlands 4:52.14 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Stien Kaiser Netherlands 4:52.14 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dianne Holum United States 4:58.67
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands 4:59.91
4 Sippie Tigchelaar Netherlands 5:01.67
5 Nina Statkevich Soviet Union 5:01.79
6 Kapitolina Seregina Soviet Union 5:01.88
7 Tuula Vilkas Finland 5:05.92
8 Lyudmila Savrulina Soviet Union 5:06.61
9 Han Pil-Hwa North Korea 5:07.24
10 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl Norway 5:07.76
11 Kim Bok-Soon North Korea 5:07.93
12 Satomi Koike Japan 5:09.21
13 Kim Ok-Soon North Korea 5:09.69
14 Sylvia Filipsson Sweden 5:11.13
15 Rosemarie Taupadel East Germany 5:12.85
16 Kaname Ide Japan 5:17.30
17 Leah Poulos United States 5:17.38
18 Akiko Aruga Japan 5:22.60
19 Jeon Seon-Ok South Korea 5:24.27
20 Kirsti Biermann Norway 5:26.21
21 Arja Kantola Finland 5:30.88
22 Jeanne Omelenchuk United States 5:32.87

References

  1. 1 2 "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.

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