Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Bislett Stadium
Date18 February 1952
Competitors39 from 13 nations
Winning time2:20.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hjalmar Andersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Wim van der Voort Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Roald Aas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1948
1956  

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, 18 February 1952 at 5 p.m. Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Hjalmar Andersen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Wim van der Voort
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Roald Aas
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record2:12.9(*) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valentin Chaikin Medeo (URS)20 January 1952
Olympic Record2:17.6(*) Flag of Norway.svg Sverre Farstad St. Moritz (SUI)2 February 1948

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

Results

The current world record holder Valentin Chaikin did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1Flag of Norway.svg  Hjalmar Andersen  (NOR)2:20.4
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim van der Voort  (NED)2:20.6
3Flag of Norway.svg  Roald Aas  (NOR)2:21.6
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl-Erik Asplund  (SWE)2:22.6
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kees Broekman  (NED)2:22.8
6Flag of Finland.svg  Lassi Parkkinen  (FIN)2:23.0
7Flag of Finland.svg  Kauko Salomaa  (FIN)2:23.3
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sigvard Ericsson  (SWE)2:23.4
Flag of Norway.svg  Ivar Martinsen  (NOR)2:23.4
10Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Ferenc Lőrincz  (HUN)2:23.7
11Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tsuneo Sato  (JPN)2:23.9
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gerard Maarse  (NED)2:24.3
US flag 48 stars.svg  Johnny Werket  (USA)2:24.3
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Norman Holwell  (GBR)2:24.5
15Flag of Norway.svg  Nic Stene  (NOR)2:24.8
16Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Craig MacKay  (CAN)2:25.0
US flag 48 stars.svg  Ken Henry  (USA)2:25.0
18US flag 48 stars.svg  Pat McNamara  (USA)2:25.5
19Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunnar Ström  (SWE)2:25.8
20Flag of Austria.svg  Franz Offenberger  (AUT)2:25.9
21Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  József Merényi  (HUN)2:26.1
22Flag of Austria.svg  Arthur Mannsbarth  (AUT)2:26.6
23Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Masanori Aoki  (JPN)2:26.9
24Flag of Finland.svg  Kalevi Laitinen  (FIN)2:27.1
25Flag of Finland.svg  Toivo Salonen  (FIN)2:27.4
26Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Cockie van der Elst  (NED)2:27.6
Flag of Sweden.svg  John Wickström  (SWE)2:27.6
28US flag 48 stars.svg  Don McDermott  (USA)2:28.8
29Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Ralf Olin  (CAN)2:29.3
30Civil Ensign of Australia.svg  Colin Hickey  (AUS)2:30.4
31Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Musolino  (ITA)2:30.7
32Flag of Italy.svg  Guido Citterio  (ITA)2:30.8
33Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Sukenobu Kudo  (JPN)2:31.6
34Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kiyotaka Takabayashi  (JPN)2:32.0
35Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bill Jones  (GBR)2:32.2
36Flag of Austria.svg  Konrad Pecher  (AUT)2:34.8
37Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Robert Laboubée  (BEL)2:36.4
38Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Hearn  (GBR)2:40.1
39Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jean Massez  (BEL)2:43.8

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References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.