Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the II Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date14 February 1928
Competitors30 from 14 nations
Winning time2:21.1
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Clas Thunberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Bernt Evensen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivar Ballangrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1924
1932  

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, 14 February 1928. Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Clas Thunberg
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bernt Evensen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Ivar Ballangrud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record2:17.4(*) Flag of Norway.svg Oscar Mathisen Davos (SUI)18 January 1914
Olympic Record2:20.8 Flag of Finland.svg Clas Thunberg Chamonix (FRA)27 January 1924

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

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Finland.svg  Clas Thunberg  (FIN)2:21.1
2Flag of Norway.svg  Bernt Evensen  (NOR)2:21.9
3Flag of Norway.svg  Ivar Ballangrud  (NOR)2:22.6
4Flag of Norway.svg  Roald Larsen  (NOR)2:25.3
5US flag 48 stars.svg  Eddie Murphy  (USA)2:25.9
6US flag 48 stars.svg  Valentine Bialas  (USA)2:26.3
7US flag 48 stars.svg  Irving Jaffee  (USA)2:26.7
8US flag 48 stars.svg  John Farrell  (USA)2:26.8
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Gustaf Andersson  (SWE)2:27.5
10Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Zoltán Eötvös  (HUN)2:27.9
11Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Fritz Jungblut  (GER)2:28.2
12Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Charles Gorman  (CAN)2:28.4
13Flag of Norway.svg  Wollert Nygren  (NOR)2:28.7
14Flag of Latvia.svg  Alberts Rumba  (LAT)2:28.9
15Flag of Finland.svg  Toivo Ovaska  (FIN)2:29.3
16Flag of Austria.svg  Fritz Moser  (AUT)2:31.1
17Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Ross Robinson  (CAN)2:32.3
18Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Siem Heiden  (NED)2:33.1
19Flag of Estonia.svg  Christfried Burmeister  (EST)2:33.3
20Flag of Estonia.svg  Aleksander Mitt  (EST)2:35.0
21Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Willy Logan  (CAN)2:35.6
22Flag of Austria.svg  Rudolf Riedl  (AUT)2:37.8
23Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Arthur Vollstedt  (GER)2:39.9
24Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Cyril Horn  (GBR)2:40.0
25Flag of Lithuania (1918-1940).svg  Kęstutis Bulota  (LTU)2:40.9
26Flag of France.svg  Charles Thaon  (FRA)2:41.2
27Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Leonard Stewart  (GBR)2:48.9
28Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Frederick Dix  (GBR)2:49.6
29Flag of Finland.svg  Bertel Backman  (FIN)DNF
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim Kos  (NED)DNF

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References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games:Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.