Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the Olympic Oval.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
Dates20 February
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time1:52.06 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) André Hoffmann
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eric Flaim
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Hadschieff
 Austria
← 1984
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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   Igor Zhelezovsky (URS) 1:52.50 Calgary, Canada 5 December 1987
Olympic record   Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 Lake Placid, United States 21 February 1980

The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
20 February Pair 1 Eric Flaim   United States 1:52.12 OR WR
20 February Pair 3 André Hoffmann   East Germany 1:52.06 OR WR

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
  3 o André Hoffmann   East Germany 1:52.06 - (WR)
  1 o Eric Flaim   United States 1:52.12 +0.06
  4 o Michael Hadschieff   Austria 1:52.31 +0.25
4 6 i Igor Zhelezovski   Soviet Union 1:52.63 +0.57
5 2 i Toru Aoyanagi   Japan 1:52.85 +0.79
6 3 i Aleksandr Klimov   Soviet Union 1:52.97 +0.91
7 2 o Nikolay Gulyayev   Soviet Union 1:53.04 +0.98
8 8 o Peter Adeberg   East Germany 1:53.57 +1.51
9 15 i Gaétan Boucher   Canada 1:54.18 +2.12
10 5 i Jean Pichett   Canada 1:54.63 +2.57
11 14 o Mark Greenwald   United States 1:54.64 +2.58
12 16 i Mike Richmond   Australia 1:54.95 +2.89
13 11 i Claes Bengtsson   Sweden 1:55.16 +3.10
14 12 i Danny Kah   Australia 1:55.19 +3.13
15 10 i Dave Silk   United States 1:55.26 +3.20
16 6 o Munehisa Kuroiwa   Japan 1:55.42 +3.36
17 11 i Im Ri-Bin   North Korea 1:55.55 +3.49
18 16 o Ben Lamarche   Canada 1:55.59 +3.53
19 20 i Hans van Helden   France 1:55.61 +3.55
20 18 o John Baskfield   United States 1:55.88 +3.82
21 5 o Rolf Falk-Larssen   Norway 1:55.94 +3.88
22 20 o Yoshiyuki Shimizu   Japan 1:55.98 +3.92
23 14 i Gregor Jelonek   Canada 1:56.37 +4.31
24 13 o Hans Magnusson   Sweden 1:56.44 +4.38
25 8 i Pertti Niittylä   Finland 1:56.48 +4.42
26 4 i Hwang Ik-hwan   South Korea 1:56.50 +4.44
27 1 i Hein Vergeer   Netherlands 1:56.63 +4.57
28 19 o Hozumi Moriyama   Japan 1:56.84 +4.78
29 17 i Kim Gwan-gyu   South Korea 1:56.85 +4.79
30 9 i Hansjörg Baltes   West Germany 1:57.08 +5.02
31 10 o Liu Yanfei   China 1:57.38 +5.32
32 18 i Phillip Tahmindjis   Australia 1:57.63 +5.57
33 9 o Frode Syvertsen   Norway 1:58.37 +6.31
34 19 i Jiří Kyncl   Czechoslovakia 1:58.44 +6.38
35 7 i Andrey Bobrov   Soviet Union 1:58.97 +6.91
36 17 o Jerzy Dominik   Poland 1:59.03 +6.97
37 13 i Julian Green   Great Britain 1:59.41 +7.35
38 11 i Craig McNicoll   Great Britain 2:01.89 +9.83
39 15 o Behudin Merdović   Yugoslavia 2:06.11 +14.05
- 7 o Joakim Karlberg   Sweden DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 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.