| Speed skating at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for speed skating | |
| Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium |
| Date | 4–12 February 1972 |
| No. of events | 8 |
| Competitors | 118 from 18 nations |
| Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 to 12 February. Eight events were contested at Makomanai Open Stadium in Sapporo, Japan.[1] This was the first Olympics at which electronic times were recorded to the hundredth of a second.[2]
- ^ "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.