The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 12 February Pair 10 Stien Kaiser 4:52.14 OR
Results
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Stien Baas-Kaiser 4:52.14 Dianne Holum 4:58.67 Atje Keulen-Deelstra 4:59.91 4 Sippie Tigchelaar 5:01.67 5 Nina Statkevich 5:01.79 6 Kapitolina Seregina 5:01.88 7 Tuula Vilkas 5:05.92 8 Lyudmila Savrulina 5:06.61 9 Han Pil-Hwa 5:07.24 10 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 5:07.76 11 Kim Bok-soon 5:07.93 12 Satomi Koike 5:09.21 13 Kim Ok-soon 5:09.69 14 Sylvia Filipsson 5:11.13 15 Rosemarie Taupadel 5:12.85 16 Kaname Ide 5:17.30 17 Leah Poulos 5:17.38 18 Akiko Aruga 5:22.60 19 Jeon Seon-Ok 5:24.27 20 Kirsti Biermann 5:26.21 21 Arja Kantola 5:30.88 22 Jeanne Omelenchuk 5:32.87
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