| Men's 1000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | 12 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:19.32 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn. [1] [2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [3] [4]
| World record |  Valery Muratov (URS) | 1:16.92 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 17 March 1975 |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |
The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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| 12 February | Pair 1 | Gaétan Boucher |  Canada | 1:21.23 | OR | |
| 12 February | Pair 2 | Peter Mueller |  United States | 1:19.32 | OR |
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