Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record	Stien Kaiser (NED)	2:15.8	Davos, Switzerland	15 January 1971
Olympic record	Kaija Mustonen (FIN)	2:22.4	Grenoble, France	10 February 1968

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	Netherlands	2:22.05	OR
9 February	Pair 5	Dianne Holum	United States	2:20.85	OR

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