| Men's 1500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.38 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 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][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
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | i | Jan Egil Storholt | Norway |
1:59.38 | – | OR |
 |
4 | o | Yury Kondakov |  Soviet Union |
1:59.97 | +0.59 | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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