Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres; at the XI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	February 11
Competitors	33 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:31.40
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 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 11 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	Anne Henning (USA)	1:27.30	Davos, Switzerland	8 January 1972
Olympic record	Carry Geijssen (GDR)	1:32.6	Grenoble, France	11 February 1968

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
11 February	Monika Pflug (FRG)	1:31.40	OR

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Monika Pflug	West Germany	1:31.40	OR
	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Netherlands	1:31.61
	Anne Henning	United States	1:31.62
4	Lyudmila Titova	Soviet Union	1:31.85
5	Nina Statkevich	Soviet Union	1:32.21
6	Dianne Holum	United States	1:32.41
7	Ellie van den Brom	Netherlands	1:32.60
8	Sylvia Burka	Canada	1:32.95
9	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	Norway	1:33.13
10	Lyudmila Savrulina	Soviet Union	1:33.41
11	Tuula Vilkas	Finland	1:33.51
12	Han Pil-Hwa	23x15px North Korea	1:33.79
12	Rosemarie Taupadel	East Germany	1:33.79
14	Ylva Hedlund	Sweden	1:33.82
15	Emiko Taguchi	Japan	1:34.40
16	Paula Dufter	West Germany	1:34.86
17	Sheila Young	United States	1:34.97
18	Sachiko Saito	Japan	1:35.12
19	Ann-Sofie Järnström	Sweden	1:35.21
20	Tak In-Suk	23x15px North Korea	1:35.38
21	Arja Kantola	Finland	1:35.45
22	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	Norway	1:35.56
23	Kirsti Biermann	Norway	1:35.76
24	Trijnie Rep	Netherlands	1:35.82
25	Jeon Seon-Ok	23x15px South Korea	1:36.24
26	Lee Gyeong-Hui	23x15px South Korea	1:36.50
27	Choi Dong-Ok	23x15px North Korea	1:36.67
28	Ryoko Onozawa	Japan	1:36.99
29	Cathy Priestner	Canada	1:37.11
30	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	1:37.24
31	Choi Jung-Hui	23x15px South Korea	1:37.57
32	Gayle Gordon	Canada	1:38.32
33	Ruth Schleiermacher	East Germany	1:52.65