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Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 6 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
Dates6 February
Competitors39 from 16 nations
Winning time2:02.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ard Schenk  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roar Grønvold  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Göran Claeson  Sweden
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Records

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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   Kees Verkerk (NED) 2:03.4 Grenoble, France 19 February 1968

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
6 February Pair 8 Ard Schenk   Netherlands 2:02.96 OR

Results

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Ard Schenk   Netherlands 2:02.96 OR
  Roar Grønvold   Norway 2:04.26
  Göran Claeson   Sweden 2:05.89
4 Bjørn Tveter   Norway 2:05.94
5 Jan Bols   Netherlands 2:06.58
6 Valery Lavrushkin   Soviet Union 2:07.16
7 Dan Carroll   United States 2:07.24
8 Kees Verkerk   Netherlands 2:07.43
9 Johnny Höglin   Sweden 2:08.11
10 Kimmo Koskinen   Finland 2:08.18
11 Svein-Erik Stiansen   Norway 2:08.63
12 Gerd Zimmermann   West Germany 2:08.95
13 Dag Fornæss   Norway 2:09.52
14 Gary Jonland   United States 2:09.55
15 Göran Johansson   Sweden 2:09.66
16 Johan Granath   Sweden 2:10.21
17 Jouko Salakka   Finland 2:10.22
18 Bruno Toniolli   Italy 2:10.24
19 Eddy Verheijen   Netherlands 2:10.96
20 Mutsuhiko Maeda   Japan 2:11.09
21 Valery Muratov   Soviet Union 2:11.83
22 Kiyomi Ito   Japan 2:11.96
23 Bob Hodges   Canada 2:12.13
24 Colin Coates   Australia 2:12.14
25 Bill Lanigan   United States 2:12.31
26 Kevin Sirois   Canada 2:13.99
27 Giancarlo Gloder   Italy 2:14.07
28 Seppo Hänninen   Finland 2:14.52
29 David Hampton   Great Britain 2:14.60
30 Clark King   United States 2:14.83
31 Otmar Braunecker   Austria 2:14.88
32 Herbert Schwarz   West Germany 2:15.42
33 Richard Tourne   France 2:16.37
34 Leo Linkovesi   Finland 2:16.86
35 Jeong Chung-Gu   South Korea 2:17.36
36 Andy Barron   Canada 2:17.71
37 John Blewitt   Great Britain 2:18.96
38 Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam   Mongolia 2:20.42
39 Jim Lynch   Australia 2:26.69

References

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  1. ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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