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
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	February 12
Competitors	22 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:52.14
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	women
1000 m		women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 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

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Stien Kaiser	Netherlands	4:52.14	OR
	Dianne Holum	United States	4:58.67
	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	23x15px North Korea	5:07.24
10	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	5:07.76
11	Kim Bok-Soon	23x15px North Korea	5:07.93
12	Satomi Koike	Japan	5:09.21
13	Kim Ok-Soon	23x15px 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	23x15px 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