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Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-seven speed skaters from ten nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from nine nations competed.[1] The Finnish athlete Asser Wallenius fell and did not finish the race.[2]

Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date27 January 1924
Competitors22 from 9 nations
Winning time2:20.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sigurd Moen  Norway
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Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Clas Thunberg
  Finland 		Roald Larsen
  Norway 		Sigurd Moen
  Norway

Records edit

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record   Oscar Mathisen (NOR) 2:17.4 Kristiania, Norway 17 January 1914 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
27 January 1924 Pair 1 André Gegout   France 2:54.4 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 4 Clas Thunberg   Finland 2:20.8 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 10 Léonhard Quaglia   France 2:37.0 NR

Results edit

The event was held Sunday at midday.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  4 Clas Thunberg   Finland 2:20.8 — OR
  4 Roald Larsen   Norway 2:22.0 +1.2
  8 Sigurd Moen   Norway 2:25.6 +3.8
4 12 Julius Skutnabb   Finland 2:26.6 +4.8
5 12 Harald Strøm   Norway 2:29.0 +8.2
6 11 Oskar Olsen   Norway 2:29.2 +8.4
7 16 Harry Kaskey   United States 2:29.8 +9.0 [b]
=8 11 Charles Jewtraw   United States 2:31.6 +10.8
13 Joe Moore   United States
10 10 Alberts Rumba   Latvia 2:32.0 +11.2
11 13 Charles Gorman   Canada 2:35.4 +14.6
12 8 Bill Steinmetz   United States 2:36.0 +15.2
13 9 Axel Blomqvist   Sweden 2:36.4 +15.6
14 10 Léonhard Quaglia   France 2:37.0 +16.2 NR
15 15 Leon Jucewicz   Poland 2:42.6 +21.8 [c]
16 1 André Gegout   France 2:54.4 +33.6 OR
17 2 Gaston Van Hazebroeck   Belgium 2:54.8 +34.0
18 2 George de Wilde   France 2:55.0 +34.2
19 1 Louis De Ridder   Belgium 3:01.8 +41.0
20 15 Philippe Van Volckxsom   Belgium 3:14.6 +53.8 [d]
21 16 Marcel Moens   Belgium 3:16.8 +56.0 [e]
9 Asser Wallenius   Finland DNF
3 Cyril Horn   Great Britain DNS
5 Frederick Dix   Great Britain DNS
6 Bernard Sutton   Great Britain DNS
7 Eric Blomgren   Sweden DNS
14 Albert Hassler   France DNS

Notes edit

  1. ^ The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Blomgren[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 14 with Hassler[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 5 with Dix[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 6 with Sutton[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Oscar Mathisen, 4 October 1888". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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