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Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
Men's 1500 metres speed skating; at the III Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date	5 February 1932
Competitors	18 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:57.5
Medalists
	← 1928 1936 →

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, February 5, 1932. Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed. Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jack Shea United States	Alexander Hurd Canada	Willy Logan Canada

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:17.4(*)	Oscar Mathisen	Davos (SUI)	January 18, 1914
Olympic Record	2:20.8	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	January 27, 1924

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Herbert Taylor (USA)	2:49.3	Q
2	Frank Stack (CAN)		Q
3	Bernt Evensen (NOR)
4	Hans Engnestangen (NOR)
5	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)
6	Tomeju Uruma (JPN)

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Shea (USA)	2:58.0	Q
2	Willy Logan (CAN)		Q
3	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
4	Herbert Flack (CAN)
5	Shozo Ishihara (JPN)
6	Lloyd Guenther (USA)

In the middle of the heat, the judges suddenly stopped the race. They accused the skaters of 'loafing' and ordered the race rerun.^[2]

Heat 3

Place	Name	Time	Qual.
1	Raymond Murray (USA)	2:29.9	Q
2	Alexander Hurd (CAN)		Q
3	Michael Staksrud (NOR)
4	Yasuo Kawamura (JPN)
5	Tokuo Kitani (JPN)
6	Ingvar Lindberg (SWE)

Final

Place	Name	Time
1	Jack Shea (USA)	2:57.5
2	Alexander Hurd (CAN)	5 m behind
3	Willy Logan (CAN)	6 m behind
4	Frank Stack (CAN)
5	Raymond Murray (USA)
6	Herbert Taylor (USA)

References

^ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 591. ISBN 0140066322.