Speed skating at the Olympics
| Men's 1500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 February 1976 | |||||||||
| 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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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
- ^ "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.
| Olympic champions in men's 1500 m speed skating | |
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