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.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 9 February Pair 1 Atje Keulen-Deelstra 2:22.05 OR 9 February Pair 5 Dianne Holum 2:20.85 OR
Results
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Dianne Holum 2:20.85 Stien Baas-Kaiser 2:21.05 Atje Keulen-Deelstra 2:22.05 4 Ellie van den Brom 2:22.27 5 Rosemarie Taupadel 2:22.35 6 Nina Statkevich 2:23.19 7 Connie Carpenter-Phinney 2:23.93 8 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 2:24.07 9 Kapitolina Seryogina 2:24.29 10 Monika Pflug 2:24.69 11 Satomi Koike 2:25.16 12 Kim Bok-soon 2:25.48 13 Han Pil-Hwa 2:25.64 14 Lyudmila Savrulina 2:25.85 15 Paula Dufter 2:26.00 16 Tuula Vilkas 2:27.09 17 Emiko Taguchi 2:28.19 18 Kaname Ide 2:28.34 19 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 2:28.36 20 Sylvia Filipsson 2:29.38 21 Sylvia Burka 2:29.60 22 Choi Jung-Hui 2:29.79 23 Kirsti Biermann 2:29.94 24 Leah Poulos 2:31.29 25 Ylva Hedlund 2:31.31 26 Ann-Sofie Järnström 2:31.53 27 Gayle Gordon 2:31.86 28 Jeon Seon-ok 2:32.06 29 Kim Myung-ja 2:32.55 30 Jennifer Jackson 2:35.22 31 Monika Stützle 2:37.15
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