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
Venue	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates	6 February
Competitors	39 from 16 nations
Winning time	2:02.96
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

Last updated November 04, 2019

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]

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 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held from February 3 to February 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympics to be held outside Europe and North America, and only the third game held outside those regions overall, after Melbourne and Tokyo.

The Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sapporo, Japan. During the 1972 Winter Olympics, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the speed skating events. Located inside the Makomanai Park, the stadium holds 17,324 people.

Records

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

^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	2:02.96	OR
	Roar Grønvold	Norway	2:04.26
	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

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References

1 2 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
↑ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 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 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[SR-2] "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 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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