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Speed skating
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
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![Refer to caption](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Speed_skating_pictogram.svg/80px-Speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png) Pictogram for speed skating
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Venue
| Makomanai Open Stadium
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Date
| 4?12 February 1972
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No.
of events
| 8
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Competitors
| 118 from 18 nations
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1972 Russian 4 kopeks stamp. Olympic Winter Games Sapporo.
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.
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This was the first Olympics at which electronic times were recorded to the hundredth of a second.
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Medal summary
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Medal table
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The Netherlands topped the medal table, with four golds and nine overall, led by
Ard Schenk
's three gold medals.
Schenk led the individual medal table, winning each of the three longer distance events. The most successful female skater was the Netherlands's
Stien Kaiser
, who won one gold and one silver medal.
Men's events
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Women's events
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Records
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Seven of the eight events had new Olympic records set, with only the men's 5000 metres record remaining unbroken.
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Participating NOCs
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Eighteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Sapporo.
References
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