Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesFebruary 13
Competitors30 from 18 nations
Winning time1:59.38
Medalists
   Norway
   Soviet Union
   Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1976 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Ard Schenk (NED) 1:58.7 Davos, Switzerland 16 January 1971
Olympic record  Ard Schenk (NED) 2:02.96 Sapporo, Japan 6 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
13 February Pair 2 Hans van Helden Netherlands 2:00.87 OR
13 February Pair 4 Jan Egil Storholt Norway 1:59.38 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 i Jan Egil Storholt Norway 1:59.38 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 o Yury Kondakov Soviet Union 1:59.97 +0.59
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 2 i Hans van Helden Netherlands 2:00.87 +1.49
4 11 i Sergey Ryabev Soviet Union 2:02.15 +2.77
5 2 i Dan Carroll United States 2:02.26 +2.88
6 12 i Piet Kleine Netherlands 2:02.28 +2.90
7 9 i Eric Heiden United States 2:02.40 +3.02
8 7 o Colin Coates Australia 2:03.34 +3.96
9 8 o Klaus Wunderlich East Germany 2:03.41 +4.03
10 7 i Olavi Köppä Finland 2:03.69 +4.31
11 13 i Kay Stenshjemmet Norway 2:03.75 +4.37
12 6 o Herbert Schwarz West Germany 2:03.76 +4.38
13 14 o Sergey Marchuk Soviet Union 2:04.45 +5.07
14 3 o Gaétan Boucher Canada 2:04.63 +5.25
15 14 i Terje Andersen Norway 2:04.65 +5.27
16 8 i Dan Johansson Sweden 2:04.73 +5.35
17 10 i Lennart Carlsson Sweden 2:04.76 +5.37
18 1 o Lee Yeong-Ha South Korea 2:05.25 +5.87
19 5 i Bruno Toniolli Italy 2:05.66 +6.28
20 3 i Richard Tourne France 2:06.43 +7.05
21 6 i Masahiko Yamamoto Japan 2:06.67 +7.29
22 15 i Mats Wallberg Sweden 2:08.72 +9.34
23 15 o Mike Woods United States 2:08.77 +9.39
24 5 o Geoff Sandys Great Britain 2:09.17 +9.79
25 10 o Floriano Martello Italy 2:09.68 +10.30
26 9 o Ludwig Kronfuß Austria 2:11.17 +11.79
27 12 o Franz Krienbühl Switzerland 2:12.52 +13.14
28 11 o Gilbert Van Eesbeeck Belgium 2:12.74 +13.36
29 1 i Berend Schabus Austria 2:15.41 +16.03
30 13 o Giovanni Panciera Italy 2:33.52 +34.14

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  3. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

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