Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 21
Competitors36 from 16 nations
Winning time1:55.44
Medalists
 Eric Heiden  United States
 Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  Norway
 Terje Andersen  Norway
Speed skating at the
1980 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 Davos, Switzerland 19 January 1980
Olympic record  Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) 1:59.38 Innsbruck, Austria 13 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Time OR WR
21 February Pair 1  Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) 1:57.95 OR
21 February Pair 4  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 o Eric Heiden  United States 1:55.44 – OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 i Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  Norway 1:56.81 +1.37
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 o Terje Andersen  Norway 1:56.92 +1.48
4 8 o Andreas Dietel  East Germany 1:57.14 +1.70
5 6 i Yury Kondakov  Soviet Union 1:57.36 +1.92
6 1 i Jan Egil Storholt  Norway 1:57.95 +2.51
7 2 o Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 1:58.18 +2.64
8 3 o Vladimir Lobanov  Soviet Union 1:59.30 +3.86
9 10 o Andreas Ehrig  East Germany 1:59.47 +4.03
2 i Yevhen Solunskiy  Soviet Union 1:59.47 +4.03
11 9 i Hilbert van der Duim  Netherlands 1:59.49 +4.05
12 9 o Herbert Schwarz  West Germany 1:59.58 +4.14
13 11 i Bert de Jong  Netherlands 1:59.83 +4.39
14 7 o Pertti Niittylä  Finland 2:00.01 +4.57
15 18 i Gaétan Boucher  Canada 2:00.15 +4.71
16 11 o Ulf Ekstrand  Sweden 2:00.23 +4.79
17 5 i Tom Plant  United States 2:00.57 +5.13
18 6 o Craig Kressler  United States 2:00.60 +5.16
19 1 o Masahiko Yamamoto  Japan 2:01.25 +5.81
20 3 i Masayuki Kawahara  Japan 2:01.28 +5.84
21 10 i Jan Junell  Sweden 2:02.11 +6.67
22 7 i Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 2:02.37 +6.93
23 14 i Craig Webster  Canada 2:02.41 +6.97
24 12 i Yasuhiro Shimizu  Japan 2:04.54 +9.10
25 15 i Zhao Weichang  China 2:05.48 +10.04
26 16 i Na Yun-Su  South Korea 2:06.65 +11.21
27 17 o Jacques Thibault  Canada 2:06.79 +11.35
28 17 i Maurizio Marchetto  Italy 2:07.45 +12.01
29 14 o Guo Chengjiang  China 2:08.33 +12.89
30 12 o Li Huchun  China 2:10.00 +14.56
31 15 o Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa  Mongolia 2:11.51 +16.07
32 13 o Mike Richmond  Australia 2:13.40 +17.96
33 16 o Geoff Sandys  Great Britain 2:15.06 +19.62
34 13 i Alan Luke  Great Britain 2:17.79 +22.35
35 18 i Dorjiin Tsenddoo  Mongolia 2:19.30 +23.86
- 8 i Yep Kramer  Netherlands DNF

References

  1. 1 2 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

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