Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

1500 metres
at the I Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for Speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
DatesJanuary 27
Competitors22 from 9 nations
Winning time2:20.8
Medalists
   Finland
   Norway
   Norway
Speed skating
at the
1924 Winter Olympics
500 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10000 m men
All-round men

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924.

Twenty-two speed skaters from nine nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Clas Thunberg
Finland (FIN)
 Roald Larsen
Norway (NOR)
 Sigurd Moen
Norway (NOR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World Record 2:17.4(*) Norway Oscar Mathisen Davos (SUI) January 18, 1914
Olympic Record -

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Clas Thunberg (FIN) 2:20.8
2  Roald Larsen (NOR) 2:22.0
3  Sigurd Moen (NOR) 2:25.6
4  Julius Skutnabb (FIN) 2:26.6
5  Harald Strøm (NOR) 2:29.0
6  Oskar Olsen (NOR) 2:29.2
7  Harry Kaskey (USA) 2:29.8
8  Charles Jewtraw (USA) 2:31.6
 Joe Moore (USA) 2:31.6
10  Alberts Rumba (LAT) 2:32.0
11  Charles Gorman (CAN) 2:35.4
12  Bill Steinmetz (USA) 2:36.0
13  Axel Blomqvist (SWE) 2:36.4
14  Léonhard Quaglia (FRA) 2:37.0
15  Leon Jucewicz (POL) 2:42.6
16  André Gegout (FRA) 2:54.4
17  Gaston Van Hazebroeck (BEL) 2:54.8
18  George de Wilde (FRA) 2:55.0
19  Louis De Ridder (BEL) 3:01.8
20  Philippe Van Volckxsom (BEL) 3:14.6
21  Marcel Moens (BEL) 3:16.8
 Asser Wallenius (FIN) DNF

References

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