Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueZetra Ice Rink
Dates16 February
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time1:58.36
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gaétan Boucher
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Khlebnikov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleg Bozhev
 Soviet Union
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Igor Zhelezovsky (URS) 1:54.26 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 26 March 1983
Olympic record  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 Lake Placid, United States 21 February 1980

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 o Gaétan Boucher  Canada 1:58.36 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 o Sergey Khlebnikov  Soviet Union 1:58.83 +0.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 i Oleg Bozhev  Soviet Union 1:58.89 +0.53
4 5 o Hans van Helden  France 1:59.39 +1.03
5 8 i Andreas Ehrig  East Germany 1:59.41 +1.05
6 14 i Andreas Dietel  East Germany 1:59.73 +1.37
7 4 i Hilbert van der Duim  Netherlands 1:59.77 +1.41
8 4 o Viktor Shasherin  Soviet Union 1:59.81 +1.45
9 11 o Pertti Niittylä  Finland 2:00.01 +1.65
10 6 o Frits Schalij  Netherlands 2:00.14 +1.78
11 3 o André Hoffmann  East Germany 2:00.23 +1.87
12 1 i Kai Arne Engelstad  Norway 2:00.59 +2.23
3 i Hein Vergeer  Netherlands 2:00.59 +2.23
14 7 o Nick Thometz  United States 2:00.77 +2.41
15 9 o Werner Jäger  Austria 2:01.03 +2.67
16 2 i Hans Magnusson  Sweden 2:01.26 +2.90
17 6 i Rolf Falk-Larssen  Norway 2:01.65 +3.29
18 10 i Claes Bengtsson  Sweden 2:02.04 +3.68
19 9 i Bjørn Nyland  Norway 2:02.05 +3.69
20 10 o Michael Hadschieff  Austria 2:02.06 +3.70
21 12 o Erik Henriksen  United States 2:02.20 +3.84
22 19 i Tibor Kopacz  Romania 2:02.38 +4.02
23 18 i Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 2:02.45 +4.09
24 11 i Jan Junell  Sweden 2:02.55 +4.19
25 1 o Wolfgang Scharf  West Germany 2:02.64 +4.28
26 18 o Hansjörg Baltes  West Germany 2:02.68 +4.32
27 19 o Andreas Lemcke  West Germany 2:03.13 +4.77
28 17 o Christian Eminger  Austria 2:03.18 +4.82
29 7 i Kimihiro Hamaya  Japan 2:03.72 +5.36
30 15 i Na Yun-Su  South Korea 2:03.90 +5.54
31 17 i Im Ri-Bin  North Korea 2:03.93 +5.57
32 16 i Bae Ki-Tae  South Korea 2:04.18 +5.82
33 20 o Mark Mitchell  United States 2:04.26 +5.90
34 13 i Mike Richmond  Australia 2:04.62 +6.26
35 13 o Giorgio Paganin  Italy 2:04.97 +6.61
36 16 o Kim Hwang-Hyun  North Korea 2:06.80 +8.44
37 12 i Colin Coates  Australia 2:08.13 +9.77
38 20 i Li Wei  China 2:08.38 +10.02
39 14 o Bryan Carbis  Great Britain 2:13.25 +14.89
40 15 o Behudin Merdović  Yugoslavia 2:19.25 +20.89

References

  1. ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.