Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	13 February
Competitors	30 from 18 nations
Winning time	1:59.38
Medalists
Jan Egil Storholt  Norway Yury Kondakov  Soviet Union Hans van Helden  Netherlands

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.^[1][2]

Records

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

World record	Ard Schenk (NED)	1:58.7	Davos, Switzerland	16 January 1971
Olympic record	Ard Schenk (NED)	2:02.96	Sapporo, Japan	6 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
13 February	Pair 2	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	2:00.87	OR
13 February	Pair 4	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	4	i	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	–	OR
	4	o	Yury Kondakov	Soviet Union	1:59.97	+0.59
	2	i	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	2:00.87	+1.49
4	11	i	Sergey Ryabev	Soviet Union	2:02.15	+2.77
5	2	i	Dan Carroll	United States	2:02.26	+2.88
6	12	i	Piet Kleine	Netherlands	2:02.28	+2.90
7	9	i	Eric Heiden	United States	2:02.40	+3.02
8	7	o	Colin Coates	Australia	2:03.34	+3.96
9	8	o	Klaus Wunderlich	East Germany	2:03.41	+4.03
10	7	i	Olavi Köppä	Finland	2:03.69	+4.31
11	13	i	Kay Stenshjemmet	Norway	2:03.75	+4.37
12	6	o	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	2:03.76	+4.38
13	14	o	Sergey Marchuk	Soviet Union	2:04.45	+5.07
14	3	o	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	2:04.63	+5.25
15	14	i	Terje Andersen	Norway	2:04.65	+5.27
16	8	i	Dan Johansson	Sweden	2:04.73	+5.35
17	10	i	Lennart Carlsson	Sweden	2:04.76	+5.37
18	1	o	Lee Yeong-Ha	South Korea	2:05.25	+5.87
19	5	i	Bruno Toniolli	Italy	2:05.66	+6.28
20	3	i	Richard Tourne	France	2:06.43	+7.05
21	6	i	Masahiko Yamamoto	Japan	2:06.67	+7.29
22	15	i	Mats Wallberg	Sweden	2:08.72	+9.34
23	15	o	Mike Woods	United States	2:08.77	+9.39
24	5	o	Geoff Sandys	Great Britain	2:09.17	+9.79
25	10	o	Floriano Martello	Italy	2:09.68	+10.30
26	9	o	Ludwig Kronfuß	Austria	2:11.17	+11.79
27	12	o	Franz Krienbühl	Switzerland	2:12.52	+13.14
28	11	o	Gilbert Van Eesbeeck	Belgium	2:12.74	+13.36
29	1	i	Berend Schabus	Austria	2:15.41	+16.03
30	13	o	Giovanni Panciera	Italy	2:33.52	+34.14

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 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.