Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	February 6
Competitors	39 from 16 nations
Winning time	2:02.96
Medalists
Ard Schenk   Netherlands   Roar Grønvold   Norway   Göran Claeson   Sweden

Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m				women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 6 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Ard Schenk (NED)	1:58.7	Davos, Switzerland	16 January 1971
Olympic record	Kees Verkerk (NED)	2:03.4	Grenoble, France	19 February 1968

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
6 February	Pair 8	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	2:02.96	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	2:02.96	OR
	Roar Grønvold	Norway	2:04.26
	Göran Claeson	Sweden	2:05.89
4	Bjørn Tveter	Norway	2:05.94
5	Jan Bols	Netherlands	2:06.58
6	Valery Lavrushkin	Soviet Union	2:07.16
7	Dan Carroll	United States	2:07.24
8	Kees Verkerk	Netherlands	2:07.43
9	Johnny Höglin	Sweden	2:08.11
10	Kimmo Koskinen	Finland	2:08.18
11	Svein-Erik Stiansen	Norway	2:08.63
12	Gerd Zimmermann	West Germany	2:08.95
13	Dag Fornæss	Norway	2:09.52
14	Gary Jonland	United States	2:09.55
15	Göran Johansson	Sweden	2:09.66
16	Johan Granath	Sweden	2:10.21
17	Jouko Salakka	Finland	2:10.22
18	Bruno Toniolli	Italy	2:10.24
19	Eddy Verheijen	Netherlands	2:10.96
20	Mutsuhiko Maeda	Japan	2:11.09
21	Valery Muratov	Soviet Union	2:11.83
22	Kiyomi Ito	Japan	2:11.96
23	Bob Hodges	Canada	2:12.13
24	Colin Coates	Australia	2:12.14
25	Bill Lanigan	United States	2:12.31
26	Kevin Sirois	Canada	2:13.99
27	Giancarlo Gloder	Italy	2:14.07
28	Seppo Hänninen	Finland	2:14.52
29	David Hampton	Great Britain	2:14.60
30	Clark King	United States	2:14.83
31	Otmar Braunecker	Austria	2:14.88
32	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	2:15.42
33	Richard Tourne	France	2:16.37
34	Leo Linkovesi	Finland	2:16.86
35	Jeong Chung-Gu	South Korea	2:17.36
36	Andy Barron	Canada	2:17.71
37	John Blewitt	Great Britain	2:18.96
38	Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam	Mongolia	2:20.42
39	Jim Lynch	Australia	2:26.69

References

1. "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference - 1972 - Men's 1500 metres