Results of the 1972 Olympic Games 500 meters Women
| place | Sapporo (JPN) | |
| rink | Makomanai Skating Centre | |
| date | 10 February 1972 | |
| # | name | time | |
| 1 | Anne Henning | USA | 0:43.33 |
| 2 | Vera Krasnova | URS | 0:44.01 |
| 3 | Lyudmila Titova | URS | 0:44.45 |
| 4 | Sheila Young | USA | 0:44.53 |
| 5 | Monika Pflug | FRG | 0:44.75 |
| 6 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | NED | 0:44.89 |
| 7 | Kathryn Lunda | USA | 0:44.95 |
| 8 | Alla Butova-Buyanova | URS | 0:45.17 |
| 9 | Sachiko Saito-Yobekura | JPN | 0:45.39 |
| 10 | Ellie van den Brom | NED | 0:45.62 |
| 11 | Sigrid Sundby | NOR | 0:45.70 |
| 12 | Paula Dufter | FRG | 0:45.77 |
| 13 | Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | GDR | 0:45.78 |
| 14 | Cathy Priestner | CAN | 0:45.79 |
| 15 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE | 0:45.83 |
| 16 | Arja Kantola | FIN | 0:46.12 |
| 17 | Kirsti Biermann | NOR | 0:46.18 |
| 18 | Ylva Hedlund | SWE | 0:46.24 |
| 19 | Lisbeth Berg | NOR | 0:46.33 |
| 20 | Trijnie Rep | NED | 0:46.60 |
| 21 | Yoshiko Onozawa | JPN | 0:46.70 |
| 22 | Choi Jeong-hee | KOR | 0:46.74 |
| 23 | Sylvia Filipsson | SWE | 0:46.78 |
| 24 | Tuula Vilkas | FIN | 0:46.85 |
| 25 | Donna McCannell | CAN | 0:47.30 |
| 26 | Lee Kyeong-hee | KOR | 0:47.45 |
| 27 | Monika Stützle | FRG | 0:48.15 |
| 28 | Tak In-suk | PRK | 0:55.80 |
| DQ | Sylvia Burka | CAN | 0:56.26 |
| Legenda | |
| DQ | disqualified |
| Navigation Olympic Games 1972 | |||||
| Men | 500m | 1500m | 5000m | 10,000m | |
| Women | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | 3000m | |
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