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Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 1500 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 21, 1980
Competitors36 from 16 nations
Winning time1:55.44
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Heiden  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Terje Andersen  Norway
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:54.79 Davos, Switzerland 19 January 1980
Olympic record  Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) 1:59.38 Innsbruck, Austria 13 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Time OR WR
21 February Pair 1  Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) 1:57.95 OR
21 February Pair 4  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 OR

Results

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 o Eric Heiden  United States 1:55.44 – OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 i Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  Norway 1:56.81 +1.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 o Terje Andersen  Norway 1:56.92 +1.48
4 8 o Andreas Dietel  East Germany 1:57.14 +1.70
5 6 i Yury Kondakov  Soviet Union 1:57.36 +1.92
6 1 i Jan Egil Storholt  Norway 1:57.95 +2.51
7 2 o Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 1:58.18 +2.64
8 3 o Vladimir Lobanov  Soviet Union 1:59.30 +3.86
9 10 o Andreas Ehrig  East Germany 1:59.47 +4.03
2 i Yevhen Solunskiy  Soviet Union 1:59.47 +4.03
11 9 i Hilbert van der Duim  Netherlands 1:59.49 +4.05
12 9 o Herbert Schwarz  West Germany 1:59.58 +4.14
13 11 i Bert de Jong  Netherlands 1:59.83 +4.39
14 7 o Pertti Niittylä  Finland 2:00.01 +4.57
15 18 i Gaétan Boucher  Canada 2:00.15 +4.71
16 11 o Ulf Ekstrand  Sweden 2:00.23 +4.79
17 5 i Tom Plant  United States 2:00.57 +5.13
18 6 o Craig Kressler  United States 2:00.60 +5.16
19 1 o Masahiko Yamamoto  Japan 2:01.25 +5.81
20 3 i Masayuki Kawahara  Japan 2:01.28 +5.84
21 10 i Jan Junell  Sweden 2:02.11 +6.67
22 7 i Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 2:02.37 +6.93
23 14 i Craig Webster  Canada 2:02.41 +6.97
24 12 i Yasuhiro Shimizu  Japan 2:04.54 +9.10
25 15 i Zhao Weichang  China 2:05.48 +10.04
26 16 i Na Yun-su  South Korea 2:06.65 +11.21
27 17 o Jacques Thibault  Canada 2:06.79 +11.35
28 17 i Maurizio Marchetto  Italy 2:07.45 +12.01
29 14 o Guo Chengjiang  China 2:08.33 +12.89
30 12 o Li Huchun  China 2:10.00 +14.56
31 15 o Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa  Mongolia 2:11.51 +16.07
32 13 o Mike Richmond  Australia 2:13.40 +17.96
33 16 o Geoff Sandys  Great Britain 2:15.06 +19.62
34 13 i Alan Luke  Great Britain 2:17.79 +22.35
35 18 i Dorjiin Tsenddoo  Mongolia 2:19.30 +23.86
- 8 i Yep Kramer  Netherlands DNF

References

  1. ^ "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
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