Competition: Olympic Winter Games 1972
- Rink:
Sapporo (JPN) - Date:
- 04. - 12.02.1972
- Records:
- 7x Olympic Record
- 2x World Record Lowland (unofficial)
- 9x National Record
- 3x National Record Juniors
- 3x National Record Master AG 30
- 7x Track Record
- 5x Track Record Junior
- 9x Championship Record
- 3x Championship Record Master AG 30
- 3x Age Group Record C1/C2
- 4x Age Group Record B1/B2
- 3x Age Group Record A1/A2
- 17x Personal Best
- 41x Seasonal Best
- Information:
- 118 athletes from 18 nations
- 51 women and 67 men
- 6 distances (10.000m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 500m)
- 244 races (3x mit DNF/DNS/DQ)
Men - 5000 meter 04.02.1972
| Pos | Name | Nation | Time | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NED | 7:23.61 | TR | - | |
| 2 | NOR | 7:28.18 | +4.570 | ||
| 3 | NOR | 7:33.39 | +9.780 | ||
| 4 | SWE | 7:36.17 | +12.560 | ||
| 5 | NOR | 7:36.47 | +12.860 | ||
| 6 | NED | 7:39.17 | +15.560 | ||
| 7 | URS | 7:39.26 | +15.650 | ||
| 8 | NED | 7:39.40 | +15.790 | ||
| 9 | FRG | 7:41.16 | +17.550 | ||
| 10 | USA | 7:44.72 | +21.110 | ||
| 11 | FIN | 7:45.15 | +21.540 | ||
| 12 | SWE | 7:45.68 | +22.070 | ||
| 13 | JPN | 7:45.96 | +22.350 | ||
| 14 | SWE | 7:47.92 | +24.310 | ||
| 15 | ITA | 7:55.77 | +32.160 | ||
| 16 | JPN | 7:56.97 | +33.360 | ||
| 17 | ITA | 7:57.30 | +33.690 | ||
| 18 | FIN | 7:57.42 | +33.810 | ||
| 19 | CAN | 8:02.66 | +39.050 | ||
| 20 | USA | 8:03.04 | +39.430 | ||
| 21 | USA | 8:07.20 | +43.590 | ||
| 22 | GBR | 8:07.85 | +44.240 | ||
| 23 | AUS | 8:09.35 | +45.740 | ||
| 24 | FRA | 8:11.52 | +47.910 | ||
| 25 | CAN | 8:11.84 | +48.230 | ||
| 26 | GBR | 8:16.75 | +53.140 | ||
| 27 | FRG | 8:26.03 | +1.02.420 | ||
| 28 | MGL | 8:30.47 | +1.06.860 | ||
| TR - Track Record | |||||