Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue M-Wave
Dates12 February
Competitors45 from 18 nations
Winning time1:47.87 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ådne Søndrål
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Ids Postma
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Rintje Ritsma
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1994
2002  

The Men's 1500 Metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the M-Wave arena. [1] [2]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Rintje Ritsma  (NED)1:48.88 Heerenveen, Netherlands 20 December 1997
Olympic recordFlag of Norway.svg  Johann Olav Koss  (NOR)1:51.29 Hamar, Norway 16 February 1994

Due to the use of clap skates in comparison to the previous Olympics, the Olympic record got broken considerably and the following new world and olympic records were set during the competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
12 FebruaryPair 2 Christian Breuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:50.96OR
12 FebruaryPair 6 Hiroyuki Noake Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:50.49OR
12 FebruaryPair 18 K. C. Boutiette Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.06OR
12 FebruaryPair 21 Jan Bos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:49.75OR
12 FebruaryPair 22 Ådne Søndrål Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:47.87ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg22I Ådne Søndrål Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:47.87- WR
Silver medal icon.svg22O Ids Postma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:48.13+0.26
Bronze medal icon.svg23O Rintje Ritsma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:48.52+0.65
421I Jan Bos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:49.75+1.88
518I K. C. Boutiette Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.04+2.17
620O Martin Hersman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:50.31+2.44
717O Hiroyuki Noake Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:50.49+2.62
818O Toru Aoyanagi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:50.68+2.81
92O Christian Breuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:50.96+3.09
1014I Andrey Anufriyenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:50.99+3.12
1110O Vadim Sayutin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:51.31+3.44
1212O Choi Jae-bong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:51.47+3.60
1316I Peter Adeberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:51.50+3.63
1413O Dmitry Shepel Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:51.64+3.77
1514O Cheon Ju-hyeon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:51.65+3.78
1616O Yusuke Imai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:51.70+3.83
179I Bart Veldkamp Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:51.73+3.86
185O Marnix ten Kortenaar Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:51.94+4.07
197I Sergey Tsybenko Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:52.03+4.16
2023I Kevin Overland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.07+4.20
2119I Keiji Shirahata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:52.23+4.36
224O Alexander Kibalko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:52.27+4.40
2313I Davide Carta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:52.44+4.57
2415O Ermanno Ioriatti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:52.45+4.58
2521O Steven Elm Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.70+4.83
2620I Kevin Marshall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.77+4.90
2710I Radik Bikchentayev Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:52.87+5.00
285I Steinar Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:52.88+5.01
2911O Brigt Rykkje Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:52.91+5.04
3019O Neal Marshall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.93+5.06
313I Casey FitzRandolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.26+5.39
3215I Cory Carpenter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.50+5.63
338O Frank Dittrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:53.64+5.77
343O Paweł Zygmunt Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:53.73+5.86
3517I Dave Tamburrino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.19+6.32
3611I Wan Chunbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.64+6.77
3712I Cédric Kuentz Flag of France.svg  France 1:54.78+6.91
386I René Taubenrauch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:54.91+7.04
392I Jeong Jin-uk Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:55.02+7.15
409O Andrew Nicholson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:55.06+7.19
411I Sergey Kaznacheyev Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:55.22+7.35
426O Zsolt Baló Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.52+7.65
438I Feng Qingbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:56.45+8.58
444I Dezideriu Horvath Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:57.35+9.48

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References

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  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.