Speed Skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Keiichi Suzuki | 41.28 | 19 |
| Norio Hirate | 41.08 | 17 | |
| Takayuki Hida | 40.62 | 13 | |
| Masaki Suzuki | 40.35 | 8 | |
| 1500 m | Kiyomi Ito | 2:11.96 | 22 |
| Mutsuhiko Maeda | 2:11.09 | 20 | |
| 5000 m | Osamu Naito | 7:56.97 | 16 |
| Kiyomi Ito | 7:45.96 | 13 | |
| 10,000 m | Osamu Naito | 15:52.93 | 12 |
| Kiyomi Ito | 15:48.17 | 10 | |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Ryoko Onozawa | 46.70 | 21 |
| Sachiko Saito | 45.35 | 9 | |
| 1000 m | Ryoko Onozawa | 1:36.99 | 28 |
| Sachiko Saito | 1:35.12 | 18 | |
| Emiko Taguchi | 1:34.40 | 15 | |
| 1500 m | Kaname Ide | 2:28.34 | 18 |
| Emiko Taguchi | 2:28.19 | 17 | |
| Satomi Koike | 2:25.16 | 11 | |
| 3000 m | Akiko Aruga | 5:22.60 | 18 |
| Kaname Ide | 5:17.30 | 16 | |
| Satomi Koike | 5:09.21 | 12 | |
Read more about this topic: Japan At The 1972 Winter Olympics
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“If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye, and death i’th’ other,
And I will look on both indifferently;
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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