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
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
Dates6 February
Competitors39 from 16 nations
Winning time2:02.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ard Schenk  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roar Grønvold  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Göran Claeson  Sweden
← 1968
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 6 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

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

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ard Schenk  Netherlands 2:02.96 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roar Grønvold  Norway 2:04.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.