Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

1500 metres at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue	Riessersee
Dates	February 13
Competitors	37 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:19.2
Medalists
Charles Mathiesen   Norway   Ivar Ballangrud   Norway   Birger Wasenius   Finland

Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
500 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10000 m	men

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, February 13, 1936.

Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Charles Mathiesen Norway (NOR)	Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Birger Wasenius Finland (FIN)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:17.4(*)	Oscar Mathisen	Davos (SUI)	January 18, 1914
Olympic Record	2:20.8	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	January 27, 1924

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

Charles Mathiesen set a new Olympic record with 2:19.2 seconds.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Charles Mathiesen (NOR)	2:19.2
2	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)	2:20.2
3	Birger Wasenius (FIN)	2:20.9
4	Leo Freisinger (USA)	2:21.3
5	Max Stiepl (AUT)	2:21.6
6	Karl Wazulek (AUT)	2:22.2
7	Harry Haraldsen (NOR)	2:22.4
8	Hans Engnestangen (NOR)	2:23.0
9	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	2:23.2
	Antero Ojala (FIN)	2:23.2
	Dolf van der Scheer (NED)	2:23.2
12	Karl Leban (AUT)	2:24.3
	Eddie Schroeder (USA)	2:24.3
14	Jan Langedijk (NED)	2:24.6
15	Seien Kin (JPN)	2:25.0
16	Willy Sandner (GER)	2:25.3
17	Robert Petersen (USA)	2:25.4
18	Alfons Bērziņš (LAT)	2:25.8
19	Shozo Ishihara (JPN)	2:26.7
20	Lou Dijkstra (NED)	2:27.2
	Åke Ekman (FIN)	2:27.2
22	Aleksander Mitt (EST)	2:27.8
23	Jānis Andriksons (LAT)	2:28.9
	Seitoku Ri (JPN)	2:28.9
25	Ferdinand Preindl (AUT)	2:29.0
	László Hidvéghy (HUN)	2:29.0
27	Heinz Sames (GER)	2:29.3
28	Yasuo Kawamura (JPN)	2:29.6
29	Axel Johansson (SWE)	2:29.9
30	Roelof Koops (NED)	2:30.0
31	Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH)	2:30.5
32	Allan Potts (USA)	2:31.2
33	Kenneth Kennedy (AUS)	2:31.8
34	Thomas White (CAN)	2:34.2
35	Oldřich Hanč (TCH)	2:57.8
36	James Graeffe (BEL)	3:00.5
37	Charles De Ligne (BEL)	3:21.9

References

• Official Olympic Report
• "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.