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Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 1500 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates16 February 1994
Competitors44 from 17 nations
Winning time1:51.29 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johann Olav Koss
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Falko Zandstra
 Netherlands
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall. 44 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.

Records

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

World record  Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1:51.60 Heerenveen, Netherlands 8 January 1994
Olympic record  André Hoffmann (GDR) 1:52.06 Calgary, Canada 20 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
16 February Pair 2 Johann Olav Koss  Norway 1:51.29 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 O Johann Olav Koss  Norway 1:51.29 - WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 I Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands 1:51.99 +0.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 O Falko Zandstra  Netherlands 1:52.38 +1.09
4 4 I Ådne Søndrål  Norway 1:53.13 +1.84
5 11 O Andrey Anufriyenko  Russia 1:53.16 +1.87
6 8 I Peter Adeberg  Germany 1:53.50 +2.21
7 4 O Neal Marshall  Canada 1:53.56 +2.27
8 1 O Martin Hersman  Netherlands 1:53.59 +2.30
9 19 O Jeroen Straathof  Netherlands 1:53.70 +2.41
10 3 O Yuriy Shulha  Ukraine 1:54.28 +2.99
11 12 O Paweł Jaroszek  Poland 1:54.49 +3.20
12 3 I Roberto Sighel  Italy 1:54.51 +3.22
13 10 I Olaf Zinke  Germany 1:54.66 +3.37
14 15 I Kjell Storelid  Norway 1:54.69 +3.40
15 1 I Toru Aoyanagi  Japan 1:54.85 +3.56
16 15 O Oleg Pavlov  Russia 1:54.90 +3.61
17 2 I Michael Hadschieff  Austria 1:55.09 +3.80
18 18 O Steinar Johansen  Norway 1:55.21 +3.92
19 13 I Thomas Kumm  Germany 1:55.35 +4.06
20 20 I Michael Spielmann  Germany 1:55.36 +4.07
21 6 I Yukinori Miyabe  Japan 1:55.56 +4.27
22 8 O Roland Brunner  Austria 1:55.78 +4.49
16 O Dave Tamburrino  United States 1:55.78 +4.49
24 17 I Pat Kelly  Canada 1:55.81 +4.52
25 7 O Danny Kah  Australia 1:56.04 +4.75
26 20 O Zsolt Baló  Romania 1:56.44 +5.15
27 14 I Toshihiko Itokawa  Japan 1:56.67 +5.38
28 18 I Kevin Scott  Canada 1:56.68 +5.39
29 5 I Radik Bikchentayev  Kazakhstan 1:56.73 +5.44
30 12 I Vadim Sayutin  Kazakhstan 1:57.03 +5.74
31 10 O Dezideriu Horvath  Romania 1:57.07 +5.78
32 7 I Brian Wanek  United States 1:57.09 +5.80
33 21 O Sergey Tsybenko  Kazakhstan 1:57.43 +6.14
34 22 O Davide Carta  Italy 1:57.46 +6.17
35 17 I Vitaly Novichenko  Belarus 1:57.50 +6.21
36 22 I Phillip Tahmindjis  Australia 1:57.59 +6.30
37 9 I Nathaniel Mills  United States 1:58.43 +7.14
38 21 I Pat Bouchard  Canada 1:59.83 +8.54
39 19 I K. C. Boutiette  United States 2:00.59 +9.30
40 9 O Paweł Zygmunt  Poland 2:05.21 +13.92
41 16 I Lee Jae-Sik  South Korea 2:20.60 +29.31 Fall
- 11 I Alessandro De Taddei  Italy DNF
- 13 O Liu Yanfei  China DNF
- 14 O Artur Szafrański  Poland DNF

References

  1. ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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