Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	February 4-12
No. of events	8
Competitors	118 from 18 nations

1972 Soviet Union 4 kopeks stamp. Olympic Winter Games Sapporo.

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.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
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
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	2:22.05
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
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.

Australia (2)
Austria (1)
Canada (10)
Finland (6)
France (1)
West Germany (7)
Great Britain (2)
East Germany (2)
Italy (2)

Japan (13)
South Korea (4)
Mongolia (2)
Netherlands (10)
Norway (14)
North Korea (6)
Sweden (11)
Soviet Union (9)
United States (16)

References

↑ "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference 1972 Olympics - Speed Skating

Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

List of medalists List of Olympic records List of Olympic venues

Events at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sapporo)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.