Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games

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Host City: Sapporo, Japan
Date Started: February 4, 1972
Date Finished: February 4, 1972
Events: 8

Participants: 118 (67 men and 51 women) from 18 countries
Youngest Participant: Lee Gyeong-Hui (13 years, 338 days)
Oldest Participant: Jeanne Omelenchuk (40 years, 325 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): Atje Keulen-Deelstra and Ard Schenk (3 medals)
Most Medals (Country): Netherlands (9 medals)

Medalists

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 500 metres	Erhard Keller	Hasse Börjes	Valery Muratov
Men's 1,500 metres	Ard Schenk	Roar Grønvold	Göran Claeson
Men's 5,000 metres	Ard Schenk	Roar Grønvold	Sten Stensen
Men's 10,000 metres	Ard Schenk	Kees Verkerk	Sten Stensen
Women's 500 metres	Anne Henning	Vera Krasnova	Lyudmila Titova
Women's 1,000 metres	Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Anne Henning
Women's 1,500 metres	Dianne Holum	Stien Baas-Kaiser	Atje Keulen-Deelstra
Women's 3,000 metres	Stien Baas-Kaiser	Dianne Holum	Atje Keulen-Deelstra

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