# 1972 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 19 and 20 February 1972 in Oslo at the Bislett stadion ice rink.
The title holder and winner was Ard Schenk who prolonged his title to become the third speed skater to win the world allround title three times in a row, equaling the performances of Oscar Mathisen and Hjalmar Andersen.

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10,000m |
| | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 171.549 | 40.14 | 7:22.84 | 2:03.06 | 15:22.09 |
| | Roar Grønvold | Norway | 174.306 | 40.14 | 7:30.76 (5) | 2:04.40 (2) | 15:52.45 (7) |
| | Jan Bols | Netherlands | 174.493 | 41.01 (9) | 7:29.97 (2) | 2:06.48 (7) | 15:26.52 (2) |
| 4 | Sten Stensen | Norway | 175.028 | 41.37 (13) | 7:30.39 (4) | 2:05.95 (4) | 15:32.72(3) |
| 5 | Eddy Verheijen | Netherlands | 175.446 | 41.64 (14) | 7:30.32 (3) | 2:05.78 (3) | 15:36.94 (14) |
| 6 | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 177.175 | 42.25 (20) | 7:31.44 (6) | 2:07.74 (9) | 15:44.01 (5) |
| 7 | Göran Claeson | Sweden | 177.339 | 41.04 (10) | 7:40.17 (10) | 2:07.38 (8) | 15:56.43 (10) |
| 8 | Valery Lavrushkin | Soviet Union | 177.506 | 40.50 (4) | 7:36.24 (8) | 2:09.18 15) | 16:06.43 (13) |
| 9 | Kimmo Koskinen | Finland | 177.802 | 40.70 (7) | 7:45.60 (15) | 2:06.23 (5) | 16:09.29 (14) |
| 10 | Bjørn Tveter | Norway | 177.882 | 40.72 (8) | 7:44.11 (14) | 2:06.30 (6) | 16:13.02 (15) |
| 11 | Vladimir Ivanov | Soviet Union | 178.233 | 41.81 (15) | 7:39.50 (9) | 2:08.22 (10) | 15:54.65 (9) |
| 12 | Willy Olsen | Norway | 178.962 | 42.06 (17) | 7:35.41 (7) | 2:09.13 (14) | 16:06.36 (12) |
| 13 | Per Willy Guttormsen | Norway | 179.398 | 42.41 (22) | 7:43.12 (12) | 2:09.58 (17) | 15:49.65 (6) |
| 14 | Jappie van Dijk | Netherlands | 179.477 | 42.64 (23) | 7:42.04 (11) | 2:09.01 (12) | 15:52.59 (8) |
| 15 | Dan Carroll | United States | 179.509 | 40.66 (6) | 7:46.80 (16) | 2:09.34 (16) | 16:21.11 (16) |
| 16 | Aleksandr Tsjekoelajev | Soviet Union | 179.699 | 42.12 (19) | 7:43.67 (13) | 2:09.60 (18) | 16:00.24 (11) |
| NC17 | Johnny Höglin | Sweden | 130.643 | 40.51 (5) | 7:51.16 (17) | 2:09.05 (13) | – |
| NC18 | Gary Jonland | United States | 131.870 | 41.09 (11) | 7:58.17 (19) | 2:08.89 (11) | – |
| NC19 | Göran Johansson | Sweden | 133.079 | 41.11 (12) | 8:02.86 (21) | 2:11.05 (19) | – |
| NC20 | Kiyomi Ito | Japan | 134.374 | 42.73 (24) | 7:55.81 (18) | 2:12.19 (20) | – |
| NC21 | David Hampton | United Kingdom | 134.891 | 41.83 (16) | 8:04.61 (22) | 2:13.80 (23) | – |
| NC22 | Jouko Salakka | Finland | 135.442 | 42.11 (18) | 8:07.72 (23) | 2:13.68 (21) | – |
| NC23 | Colin Coates | Australia | 136.319 | 42.97 (25) | 8:07.86 (24) | 2:13.69 (23) | – |
| NC24 | Franz Krienbühl | Switzerland | 137.156 | 44.68 (31) | 7:58.66 (20) | 2:13.83 (24) | – |
| NC25 | Örjan Sandler | Sweden | 137.648 | 44.11 (30) | 8:08.25 (25) | 2:14.14 (25) | – |
| NC26 | Zhao Weichang | China | 138.051 | 42.30 (21) | 8:23.21 (29) | 2:16.29 (29) | – |
| NC27 | Richard Tourne | France | 138.193 | 43.00 (26) | 8:20.03 (28) | 2:15.57 (28) | – |
| NC28 | Helmut Kraus | West Germany | 138.753 | 43.22 (28) | 8:26.33 (30) | 2:14.70 (26) | – |
| NC29 | John Blewitt | United Kingdom | 139.404 | 44.76 (32) | 8:09.57 (26) | 2:17.06 (30) | – |
| NC30 | Anton Eicher | West Germany | 139.751 | 43.54 (29) | 8:31.14 (31) | 2:15.29 (27) | – |
| NC31 | Kuangchun Chin | China | 141.066 | 44.85 (33) | 8:15.16 (27) | 2:20.10 (31) | – |
| NC32 | Jim Lynch | Australia | 148.133 | 43.21 (27) | 9:48.33 (32) | 2:24.27 (32) | – |
| NC | Takayuki Hida | Japan | 40.180 | 44.85 (34) | DNS | – | – |
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## Attribution

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