Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

1500 metres
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Speed skating
VenueBislett Stadion, Oslo
DatesFebruary 18
Competitors39 from 13 nations
Winning time2:20.4
Medalists
   Norway
   Netherlands
   Norway
Speed skating
at the
1952 Winter Olympics
500 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, February 18, 1952 at 5 p.m..

Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Hjalmar Andersen
 Norway
Wim van der Voort
 Netherlands
Roald Aas
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record 2:12.9(*) Soviet Union Valentin Chaikin Medeo (URS) January 20, 1952
Olympic Record 2:17.6(*) Norway Sverre Farstad St. Moritz (SUI) February 2, 1948

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

The current world record holder Valentin Chaikin did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1  Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) 2:20.4
2  Wim van der Voort (NED) 2:20.6
3  Roald Aas (NOR) 2:21.6
4  Carl-Erik Asplund (SWE) 2:22.6
5  Kees Broekman (NED) 2:22.8
6  Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) 2:23.0
7  Kauko Salomaa (FIN) 2:23.3
8  Sigvard Ericsson (SWE) 2:23.4
 Ivar Martinsen (NOR) 2:23.4
10  Ferenc Lőrincz (HUN) 2:23.7
11  Tsuneo Sato (JPN) 2:23.9
12  Gerard Maarse (NED) 2:24.3
 Johnny Werket (USA) 2:24.3
14  Norman Holwell (GBR) 2:24.5
15  Nic Stene (NOR) 2:24.8
16  Craig MacKay (CAN) 2:25.0
17  Ken Henry (USA) 2:25.0
18  Pat McNamara (USA) 2:25.5
19  Gunnar Ström (SWE) 2:25.8
20  Franz Offenberger (AUT) 2:25.9
21  József Merényi (HUN) 2:26.1
22  Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT) 2:26.6
23  Masanori Aoki (JPN) 2:26.9
24  Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) 2:27.1
25  Toivo Salonen (FIN) 2:27.4
26  Cockie van der Elst (NED) 2:27.6
 John Wickström (SWE) 2:27.6
28  Don McDermott (USA) 2:28.8
29  Ralf Olin (CAN) 2:29.3
30  Colin Hickey (AUS) 2:30.4
31  Enrico Musolino (ITA) 2:30.7
32  Guido Citterio (ITA) 2:30.8
33  Sukenobu Kudo (JPN) 2:31.6
34  Kiyotaka Takabayashi (JPN) 2:32.0
35  Bill Jones (GBR) 2:32.2
36  Konrad Pecher (AUT) 2:34.8
37  Robert Laboubée (BEL) 2:36.4
38  John Hearn (GBR) 2:40.1
39  Jean Massez (BEL) 2:43.8

References

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