# 1972 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

The 33rd edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place on 4 and 5 March in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice rink.
Title holder was the Netherlander Atje Keulen-Deelstra.

## Distance medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 500m | Dianne Holum | Leah Poulos | Atje Keulen-Deelstra |
| 1500m | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Stien Baas-Kaiser | Dianne Holum |
| 1000m | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Stien Baas-Kaiser | Dianne Holum |
| 3000m | Stien Baas-Kaiser | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Kapitolina Seryogina |

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Land | Points Samalog | 500m | 1500m | 1000m | 3000m |
| | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Netherlands | 185.341 | 44.23 (3) | 2:17.98 | 1:30.49 | 4:59.23 (2) |
| | Stien Baas-Kaiser | Netherlands | 185.543 | 44.81 (8) | 2:18.09 (2) | 1:31.20 (2) | 4:54.62 |
| | Dianne Holum | United States | 186.252 | 43.59 | 2:18.51 (3) | 1:31.73 (3) | 5:03.76 (5) |
| 4 | Nina Statkevich | Soviet Union | 188.831 | 45.04 (12) | 2:20.71 (4) | 1:32.55 (4) | 5:03.68 (4) |
| 5 | Trijnie Rep | Netherlands | 190.672 | 44.73 (7) | 2:21.75 (6) | 1:33.71 (8) | 5:11.02 (8) |
| 6 | Lyudmila Titova | Soviet Union | 191.728 | 44.85 (9) | 2:21.87 (7) | 1:33.69 (7) | 5:16.46 (10) |
| 7 | Lyudmila Savrulina | Soviet Union | 191.805 | 45.35 (13) | 2:22.9 (9) | 1:35.34 (14) | 5:08.33 (6) |
| 8 | Kapitolina Seryogina | Soviet Union | 191.887 | 46.74 (25) | 2:22.40 (10) | 1.34.14 (10) | 5:03.66 (3) |
| 9 | Ellie van den Brom | Netherlands | 192.078 | 44.35 (4) | 2:24.64 (14) | 1:32.96 (5) | 5:18.21 (11) |
| 10 | Sachiko Saito-Yobekura | Japan | 192.593 | 44.93 (10) | 2:22.14 (8) | 1:34.06 (9) | 5:19.52 (12) |
| 11 | Tuula Vilkas | Finland | 193.619 | 46.02 (21) | 2:24.89 (15) | 1:35.11 (12) | 5:10.48 (7) |
| 12 | Sigrid Sundby | Norway | 193.668 | 44.64 (6) | 2:24.46 (13) | 1:35.19 (13) | 5:19.68 (13) |
| 13 | Wil Schenk-Burgmeijer | Netherlands | 194.225 | 45.48 (16) | 2:21.61 (5) | 1:34.30 (11) | 5:26.35 * (15) |
| 14 | Leah Poulos | United States | 194.243 | 43.79 (2) | 2:26.01 (20) | 1:33.44 (6) | 5:30.38 (16) |
| 15 | Galina Baranova | Soviet Union | 194.923 | 47.16 (28) | 2:22.96 (11) | 1:36.21 (15) | 5:12.03 (9) |
| 16 | Sylvia Burka | Canada | 194.980 | 45.01 (11) | 2:34.30 (12) | 1:36.29 (16) | 5:22.35 (14) |
| NC17 | Connie Carpenter | United States | 143.273 | 45.68 (17) | 2:25.42 (17) | 1:38.24 (17) | - |
| NC18 | Rosemarie Taupadel | East Germany | 143.688 | 45.79 (19) | 2:24.91 (16) | 1:39.19 (18) | - |
| NC19 | Kaname Ide | Japan | 143.765 | 45.39 (14) | 2:25.89 (19) | 1:39.49 (20) | - |
| NC20 | Ylva Hedlund | Sweden | 144.003 | 45.68 (17) | 2:25.87 (18) | 1:39.40 (19) | - |
| NC21 | Sylvia Filipsson | Sweden | 145.410 | 46.34 (22) | 2:26.64 (21) | 1:40.38 (22) | - |
| NC22 | Tarja Rinne | Finland | 145.490 | 46.35 (23) | 2:27.36 (22) | 1:40.04 (21) | - |
| NC23 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | Sweden | 146.272 | 44.58 (5) | 2:29.81 (26) | 1:43.51 (28) | - |
| NC24 | Romana Troicka | Poland | 146.388 | 45.46 (15) | 2:28.18 (23) | 1:43.07 (27) | - |
| NC25 | Marja Repola | Finland | 147.132 | 46.80 (26) | 2:28.19 (24) | 1:41.87 (24) | - |
| NC26 | Erwina Rys | Poland | 147.232 | 45.87 (20) | 2:33.26 (29) | 1:40.55 (23) | - |
| NC27 | Monika Zernicek | East Germany | 147.495 | 47.07 (27) | 2:28.35 (25) | 1:41.95 (26) | - |
| NC28 | Tove Berntsen | Norway | 147.775 | 46.56 (24) | 2:30.81 (28) | 1:41.89 (25) | - |
| NC29 | Tien Cailian | China | 150.762 | 47.90 (29) | 2:30.35 (27) | 1:45.49 (29) | - |
| NC30 | Jiang Youfeng | China | 153.342 | 48.13 (30) | 2:34.64 (30) | 1:47.33 (30) | - |
Source:
    * = Fell

## Attribution

In Dutch