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
 Jan Egil Storholt  Norway
 Yury Kondakov  Soviet Union
 Hans van Helden  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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