The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]
| Men's 1000 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | |||||||||
| Dates | 12 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:19.32 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Valery Muratov (URS) |
1:16.92 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 17 March 1975 |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |
The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February | Pair 1 | Gaétan Boucher |  Canada |
1:21.23 | OR | |
| 12 February | Pair 2 | Peter Mueller |  United States |
1:19.32 | OR |
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
2 | i | Peter Mueller | United States |
1:19.32 | – | OR |
 |
5 | i | Jørn Didriksen |  Norway |
1:20.45 | +1.13 | |
 |
8 | o | Valery Muratov |  Soviet Union |
1:20.57 | +1.25 | |
| 4 | 9 | i | Aleksandr Safronov | Soviet Union |
1:20.84 | +1.52 | |
| 5 | 6 | i | Hans van Helden |  Netherlands |
1:20.85 | +1.53 | |
| 6 | 1 | o | Gaétan Boucher | Canada |
1:21.23 | +1.91 | |
| 7 | 8 | i | Mats Wallberg |  Sweden |
1:21.27 | +1.95 | |
| 8 | 3 | i | Pertti Niittylä |  Finland |
1:21.43 | +2.11 | |
| 9 | 1 | i | Horst Freese |  West Germany |
1:21.48 | +2.16 | |
| 10 | 7 | i | Klaus Wunderlich |  East Germany |
1:21.67 | +2.35 | |
| 11 | 4 | i | Colin Coates |  Australia |
1:21.72 | +2.40 | |
| 12 | 10 | i | Dan Immerfall | United States |
1:21.74 | +2.42 | |
| 13 | 10 | o | Johan Granath | Sweden |
1:22.63 | +3.31 | |
| 14 | 7 | o | Bruno Toniolli |  Italy |
1:22.83 | +3.51 | |
| 15 | 6 | o | Lee Yeong-Ha |  South Korea |
1:22.88 | +3.56 | |
| 16 | 12 | i | Terje Andersen | Norway |
1:22.92 | +3.60 | |
| 17 | 2 | o | Emmanuel Michon |  France |
1:22.99 | +3.67 | |
| 18 | 12 | o | Piet Kleine | Netherlands |
1:23.00 | +3.68 | |
| 19 | 13 | i | Masaki Suzuki |  Japan |
1:23.40 | +4.08 | |
| 20 | 9 | o | Harald Oehme | East Germany |
1:23.88 | +4.56 | |
| 21 | 4 | o | Archie Marshall |  Great Britain |
1:24.00 | +4.68 | |
| 22 | 15 | i | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | Norway |
1:24.71 | +5.39 | |
| 23 | 11 | o | Tom Overend | Canada |
1:25.06 | +5.74 | |
| 24 | 13 | i | Mikio Oyama | Japan |
1:25.91 | +6.59 | |
| 25 | 5 | o | Berend Schabus |  Austria |
1:26.50 | +7.18 | |
| 26 | 11 | i | Floriano Martello | Italy |
1:26.54 | +7.22 | |
| 27 | 13 | o | Richard Tourne | France |
1:26.75 | +7.43 | |
| 28 | 16 | o | Dan Carroll | United States |
1:27.37 | +8.05 | |
| 29 | 15 | o | Andrey Malikov | Soviet Union |
1:27.57 | +8.25 | |
| 30 | 14 | o | Norio Hirate | Japan |
1:29.42 | +10.10 | |
| 31 | 16 | i | Bernt Jansson | Sweden |
1:30.27 | +10.95 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "1000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "1000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.