Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	February 13
Competitors	30 from 18 nations
Winning time	1:59.38
Medalists
Jan Egil Storholt   Norway   Yury Kondakov   Soviet Union   Hans van Helden   Netherlands

Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.^[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	Ard Schenk (NED)	2:02.96	Sapporo, Japan	6 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
13 February	Pair 2	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	2:00.87	OR
13 February	Pair 4	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	OR
	Yury Kondakov	Soviet Union	1:59.97
	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	2:00.87
4	Sergey Ryabev	Soviet Union	2:02.15
5	Dan Carroll	United States	2:02.26
6	Piet Kleine	Netherlands	2:02.28
7	Eric Heiden	United States	2:02.40
8	Colin Coates	Australia	2:03.34
9	Klaus Wunderlich	East Germany	2:03.41
10	Olavi Köppä	Finland	2:03.69
11	Kay Stenshjemmet	Norway	2:03.75
12	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	2:03.76
13	Sergey Marchuk	Soviet Union	2:04.45
14	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	2:04.63
15	Terje Andersen	Norway	2:04.65
16	Dan Johansson	Sweden	2:04.73
17	Lennart Carlsson	Sweden	2:04.76
18	Lee Yeong-Ha	South Korea	2:05.25
19	Bruno Toniolli	Italy	2:05.66
20	Richard Tourne	France	2:06.43
21	Masahiko Yamamoto	Japan	2:06.67
22	Mats Wallberg	Sweden	2:08.72
23	Mike Woods	United States	2:08.77
24	Geoff Sandys	Great Britain	2:09.17
25	Floriano Martello	Italy	2:09.68
26	Ludwig Kronfuß	Austria	2:11.17
27	Franz Krienbühl	Switzerland	2:12.52
28	Gilbert Van Eesbeeck	Belgium	2:12.74
29	Berend Schabus	Austria	2:15.41
30	Giovanni Panciera	Italy	2:33.52

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. 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 - 1976 - Men's 1500 metres