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

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 Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
13 February	Jan Egil Storholt (NOR)	1:59.38	OR

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	OR
02 !	Yury Kondakov	Soviet Union	1:59.97
03 !	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 Arne 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