Men's 1500 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Richmond Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:45.57 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | |
Team pursuit | men | women |
The men's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 20 February 2010. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Shani Davis (USA) | 1:41.04 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 December 2009 | [2] |
Olympic record | Derek Parra (USA) | 1:43.95 | Salt Lake City, United States | 19 February 2002 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition. [3]
Shani Earl Davis is an American former speed skater.
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