Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date5 February 1932
Competitors18 from 6 nations
Winning time2:57.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jack Shea  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Hurd  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willy Logan  Canada
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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(*) Norway Oscar Mathisen Davos (SUI) January 18, 1914
Olympic Record 2:20.8 Finland 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 591. ISBN 0140066322.