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
Dates13 February
Competitors30 from 18 nations
Winning time1:59.38
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jan Egil Storholt
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yury Kondakov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans van Helden
 Netherlands
← 1972
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

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 place, gold medalist(s) 4 i Jan Egil Storholt  Norway 1:59.38 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 o Yury Kondakov  Soviet Union 1:59.97 +0.59
3rd place, 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. ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.