Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres speed skating; at the X Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Date	16 February 1968
Competitors	53 from 18 nations
Winning time	2:03.4 OR
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

Last updated October 30, 2019

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.^[1]^[2]

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The ISU, the governing body of both ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating".

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated.

L'Anneau de Vitesse is an outdoor speed skating venue located in Grenoble, France. It hosted the speed skating events for the 1968 Winter Olympics. This Speed Circuit is located in a park of 27 hectares, the Park Paul Mistral. The park also hosts the Palais des sports was the main Olympic site in the city in 1968.

Records

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

World record	Magne Thomassen (NOR)	2:02.5	Davos, Switzerland	5 February 1968
Olympic record	Yevgeny Grishin (URS) Yuri Mikhailov (URS)	2:08.6	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	30 January 1956

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
16 February	Kees Verkerk (NED)	2:03.4	OR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Kees Verkerk	Netherlands	2:03.4	OR
	Ivar Eriksen	Norway	2:05.0
	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	2:05.0
4	Magne Thomassen	Norway	2:05.1
5	Johnny Höglin	Sweden	2:05.2
5	Bjørn Tveter	Norway	2:05.2
7	Svein-Erik Stiansen	Norway	2:05.5
8	Eduard Matusevich	Soviet Union	2:06.1
9	Peter Nottet	Netherlands	2:06.3
10	Örjan Sandler	Sweden	2:07.0
11	Aleksandr Kerchenko	Soviet Union	2:07.1
12	Ants Antson	Soviet Union	2:07.2
12	Valery Kaplan	Soviet Union	2:07.2
14	Jouko Launonen	Finland	2:07.5
15	Günter Traub	West Germany	2:07.7
16	Jan Bols	Netherlands	2:07.8
16	Manne Lavås	Sweden	2:07.8
18	Kimmo Koskinen	Finland	2:07.9
19	Richard Wurster	United States	2:08.4
20	Göran Claeson	Sweden	2:08.6
21	Olavi Hjellman	Finland	2:10.1
22	Jürgen Traub	West Germany	2:10.2
23	Wayne LeBombard	United States	2:11.2
24	Raimo Hietala	Finland	2:11.7
24	Bill Lanigan	United States	2:11.7
26	Bob Hodges	Canada	2:12.0
27	György Martos	Hungary	2:12.2
28	John Tipper	Great Britain	2:12.4
29	György Ivánkai	Hungary	2:12.6
30	Tadao Ishihata	Japan	2:12.7
31	Keiichi Suzuki	Japan	2:13.1
32	Giancarlo Gloder	Italy	2:13.2
33	Elio Locatelli	Italy	2:13.3
34	Roger Capan	United States	2:13.6
34	Renato De Riva	Italy	2:13.6
36	Michel Thépénier	France	2:13.7
37	François Perrenoud	France	2:14.0
38	Guido Gillarduzzi	Italy	2:14.1
39	Otmar Braunecker	Austria	2:14.4
40	Mutsuhiko Maeda	Japan	2:14.8
	Hermann Strutz	Austria	2:14.8
	Masaki Suzuki	Japan	2:14.8
43	Geoff Stockdale	Great Britain	2:15.6
44	Erich Korbel	Austria	2:15.7
45	Mihály Martos	Hungary	2:15.8
46	Pete Williamson	Canada	2:16.0
47	Hansruedi Widmer	Switzerland	2:16.1
48	Franz Krienbühl	Switzerland	2:16.3
49	Colin Coates	Australia	2:16.7
49	Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam	Mongolia	2:16.7
51	Lee Ik-hwan	South Korea	2:17.5
52	Büjiin Jalbaa	Mongolia	2:18.0
53	David Bodington	Great Britain	2:19.1

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References

1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
↑ "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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[OfficialReport-1] 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[SR-2] "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[ISUWR-3] "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[ISUOlyR-4] "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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