Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the M-Wave arena.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
Dates12 February
Competitors45 from 18 nations
Winning time1:47.87 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ådne Søndrål
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ids Postma
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
← 1994
2002 →

Records edit

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

World record   Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1:48.88 Heerenveen, Netherlands 20 December 1997
Olympic record   Johann Olav Koss (NOR) 1:51.29 Hamar, Norway 16 February 1994

Due to the use of clap skates in comparison to the previous Olympics the Olympic record got broken considerably and the following new world and olympic records were set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
12 February Pair 2 Christian Breuer   Germany 1:50.96 OR
12 February Pair 6 Hiroyuki Noake   Japan 1:50.49 OR
12 February Pair 18 K. C. Boutiette   United States 1:50.06 OR
12 February Pair 21 Jan Bos   Netherlands 1:49.75 OR
12 February Pair 22 Ådne Søndrål   Norway 1:47.87 OR WR

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  22 I Ådne Søndrål   Norway 1:47.87 - WR
  22 O Ids Postma   Netherlands 1:48.13 +0.26
  23 O Rintje Ritsma   Netherlands 1:48.52 +0.65
4 21 I Jan Bos   Netherlands 1:49.75 +1.88
5 18 I K. C. Boutiette   United States 1:50.04 +2.17
6 20 O Martin Hersman   Netherlands 1:50.31 +2.44
7 17 O Hiroyuki Noake   Japan 1:50.49 +2.62
8 18 O Toru Aoyanagi   Japan 1:50.68 +2.81
9 2 O Christian Breuer   Germany 1:50.96 +3.09
10 14 I Andrey Anufriyenko   Russia 1:50.99 +3.12
11 10 O Vadim Sayutin   Russia 1:51.31 +3.44
12 12 O Choi Jae-bong   South Korea 1:51.47 +3.60
13 16 I Peter Adeberg   Germany 1:51.50 +3.63
14 13 O Dmitry Shepel   Russia 1:51.64 +3.77
15 14 O Cheon Ju-hyeon   South Korea 1:51.65 +3.78
16 16 O Yusuke Imai   Japan 1:51.70 +3.83
17 9 I Bart Veldkamp   Belgium 1:51.73 +3.86
18 5 O Marnix ten Kortenaar   Austria 1:51.94 +4.07
19 7 I Sergey Tsybenko   Kazakhstan 1:52.03 +4.16
20 23 I Kevin Overland   Canada 1:52.07 +4.20
21 19 I Keiji Shirahata   Japan 1:52.23 +4.36
22 4 O Alexander Kibalko   Russia 1:52.27 +4.40
23 13 I Davide Carta   Italy 1:52.44 +4.57
24 15 O Ermanno Ioriatti   Italy 1:52.45 +4.58
25 21 O Steven Elm   Canada 1:52.70 +4.83
26 20 I Kevin Marshall   Canada 1:52.77 +4.90
27 10 I Radik Bikchentayev   Kazakhstan 1:52.87 +5.00
28 5 I Steinar Johansen   Norway 1:52.88 +5.01
29 11 O Brigt Rykkje   Norway 1:52.91 +5.04
30 19 O Neal Marshall   Canada 1:52.93 +5.06
31 3 I Casey FitzRandolph   United States 1:53.26 +5.39
32 15 I Cory Carpenter   United States 1:53.50 +5.63
33 8 O Frank Dittrich   Germany 1:53.64 +5.77
34 3 O Paweł Zygmunt   Poland 1:53.73 +5.86
35 17 I Dave Tamburrino   United States 1:54.19 +6.32
36 11 I Wan Chunbo   China 1:54.64 +6.77
37 12 I Cédric Kuentz   France 1:54.78 +6.91
38 6 I René Taubenrauch   Germany 1:54.91 +7.04
39 2 I Jeong Jin-uk   South Korea 1:55.02 +7.15
40 9 O Andrew Nicholson   New Zealand 1:55.06 +7.19
41 1 I Sergey Kaznacheyev   Kazakhstan 1:55.22 +7.35
42 6 O Zsolt Baló   Hungary 1:55.52 +7.65
43 8 I Feng Qingbo   China 1:56.45 +8.58
44 4 I Dezideriu Horvath   Romania 1:57.35 +9.48

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.