Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 21, 1980
Competitors	36 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:55.44
Medalists
Eric Heiden   United States Kay Arne Stenshjemmet   Norway Terje Andersen   Norway
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

World record	Eric Heiden  (USA)	1:54.79	Davos, Switzerland	19 January 1980
Olympic record	Jan Egil Storholt  (NOR)	1:59.38	Innsbruck, Austria	13 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
21 February	Pair 1	Jan Egil Storholt  (NOR)	1:57.95	OR
21 February	Pair 4	Eric Heiden  (USA)	1:55.44	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	4	o	Eric Heiden	United States	1:55.44	–	OR
	4	i	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Norway	1:56.81	+1.37
	5	o	Terje Andersen	Norway	1:56.92	+1.48
4	8	o	Andreas Dietel	East Germany	1:57.14	+1.70
5	6	i	Yury Kondakov	Soviet Union	1:57.36	+1.92
6	1	i	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:57.95	+2.51
7	2	o	Tomas Gustafson	Sweden	1:58.18	+2.64
8	3	o	Vladimir Lobanov	Soviet Union	1:59.30	+3.86
9	10	o	Andreas Ehrig	East Germany	1:59.47	+4.03
	2	i	Yevhen Solunskiy	Soviet Union	1:59.47	+4.03
11	9	i	Hilbert van der Duim	Netherlands	1:59.49	+4.05
12	9	o	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	1:59.58	+4.14
13	11	i	Bert de Jong	Netherlands	1:59.83	+4.39
14	7	o	Pertti Niittylä	Finland	2:00.01	+4.57
15	18	i	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	2:00.15	+4.71
16	11	o	Ulf Ekstrand	Sweden	2:00.23	+4.79
17	5	i	Tom Plant	United States	2:00.57	+5.13
18	6	o	Craig Kressler	United States	2:00.60	+5.16
19	1	o	Masahiko Yamamoto	Japan	2:01.25	+5.81
20	3	i	Masayuki Kawahara	Japan	2:01.28	+5.84
21	10	i	Jan Junell	Sweden	2:02.11	+6.67
22	7	i	Lee Yeong-Ha	South Korea	2:02.37	+6.93
23	14	i	Craig Webster	Canada	2:02.41	+6.97
24	12	i	Yasuhiro Shimizu	Japan	2:04.54	+9.10
25	15	i	Zhao Weichang	China	2:05.48	+10.04
26	16	i	Na Yun-su	South Korea	2:06.65	+11.21
27	17	o	Jacques Thibault	Canada	2:06.79	+11.35
28	17	i	Maurizio Marchetto	Italy	2:07.45	+12.01
29	14	o	Guo Chengjiang	China	2:08.33	+12.89
30	12	o	Li Huchun	China	2:10.00	+14.56
31	15	o	Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa	Mongolia	2:11.51	+16.07
32	13	o	Mike Richmond	Australia	2:13.40	+17.96
33	16	o	Geoff Sandys	Great Britain	2:15.06	+19.62
34	13	i	Alan Luke	Great Britain	2:17.79	+22.35
35	18	i	Dorjiin Tsenddoo	Mongolia	2:19.30	+23.86
-	8	i	Yep Kramer	Netherlands	DNF

References

1. "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.