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Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1] 44 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.[2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates16 February
Competitors44 from 17 nations
Winning time1:51.29 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johann Olav Koss
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Falko Zandstra
 Netherlands
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1:51.60 Heerenveen, Netherlands 8 January 1994
Olympic record   André Hoffmann (GDR) 1:52.06 Calgary, Canada 20 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
16 February Pair 2 Johann Olav Koss   Norway 1:51.29 OR WR

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  2 O Johann Olav Koss   Norway 1:51.29 - WR
  6 I Rintje Ritsma   Netherlands 1:51.99 +0.70
  5 O Falko Zandstra   Netherlands 1:52.38 +1.09
4 4 I Ådne Søndrål   Norway 1:53.13 +1.84
5 11 O Andrey Anufriyenko   Russia 1:53.16 +1.87
6 8 I Peter Adeberg   Germany 1:53.50 +2.21
7 4 O Neal Marshall   Canada 1:53.56 +2.27
8 1 O Martin Hersman   Netherlands 1:53.59 +2.30
9 19 O Jeroen Straathof   Netherlands 1:53.70 +2.41
10 3 O Yuriy Shulha   Ukraine 1:54.28 +2.99
11 12 O Paweł Jaroszek   Poland 1:54.49 +3.20
12 3 I Roberto Sighel   Italy 1:54.51 +3.22
13 10 I Olaf Zinke   Germany 1:54.66 +3.37
14 15 I Kjell Storelid   Norway 1:54.69 +3.40
15 1 I Toru Aoyanagi   Japan 1:54.85 +3.56
16 15 O Oleg Pavlov   Russia 1:54.90 +3.61
17 2 I Michael Hadschieff   Austria 1:55.09 +3.80
18 18 O Steinar Johansen   Norway 1:55.21 +3.92
19 13 I Thomas Kumm   Germany 1:55.35 +4.06
20 20 I Michael Spielmann   Germany 1:55.36 +4.07
21 6 I Yukinori Miyabe   Japan 1:55.56 +4.27
22 8 O Roland Brunner   Austria 1:55.78 +4.49
16 O Dave Tamburrino   United States 1:55.78 +4.49
24 17 I Pat Kelly   Canada 1:55.81 +4.52
25 7 O Danny Kah   Australia 1:56.04 +4.75
26 20 O Zsolt Baló   Romania 1:56.44 +5.15
27 14 I Toshihiko Itokawa   Japan 1:56.67 +5.38
28 18 I Kevin Scott   Canada 1:56.68 +5.39
29 5 I Radik Bikchentayev   Kazakhstan 1:56.73 +5.44
30 12 I Vadim Sayutin   Kazakhstan 1:57.03 +5.74
31 10 O Dezideriu Horvath   Romania 1:57.07 +5.78
32 7 I Brian Wanek   United States 1:57.09 +5.80
33 21 O Sergey Tsybenko   Kazakhstan 1:57.43 +6.14
34 22 O Davide Carta   Italy 1:57.46 +6.17
35 17 I Vitaly Novichenko   Belarus 1:57.50 +6.21
36 22 I Phillip Tahmindjis   Australia 1:57.59 +6.30
37 9 I Nathaniel Mills   United States 1:58.43 +7.14
38 21 I Pat Bouchard   Canada 1:59.83 +8.54
39 19 I K. C. Boutiette   United States 2:00.59 +9.30
40 9 O Paweł Zygmunt   Poland 2:05.21 +13.92
41 16 I Lee Jae-Sik   South Korea 2:20.60 +29.31 Fall
- 11 I Alessandro De Taddei   Italy DNF
- 13 O Liu Yanfei   China DNF
- 14 O Artur Szafrański   Poland DNF

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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