Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueZetra Ice Rink
Dates16 February 1984
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time1:58.36
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gaétan Boucher
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Khlebnikov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleg Bozhev
 Soviet Union
Speed skating at the
1984 Winter Olympics
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Igor Zhelezovsky (URS) 1:54.26 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 26 March 1983
Olympic record  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 Lake Placid, United States 21 February 1980

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 o Gaétan Boucher  Canada 1:58.36 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 o Sergey Khlebnikov  Soviet Union 1:58.83 +0.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 i Oleg Bozhev  Soviet Union 1:58.89 +0.53
4 5 o Hans van Helden  France 1:59.39 +1.03
5 8 i Andreas Ehrig  East Germany 1:59.41 +1.05
6 14 i Andreas Dietel  East Germany 1:59.73 +1.37
7 4 i Hilbert van der Duim  Netherlands 1:59.77 +1.41
8 4 o Viktor Shasherin  Soviet Union 1:59.81 +1.45
9 11 o Pertti Niittylä  Finland 2:00.01 +1.65
10 6 o Frits Schalij  Netherlands 2:00.14 +1.78
11 3 o André Hoffmann  East Germany 2:00.23 +1.87
12 1 i Kai Arne Engelstad  Norway 2:00.59 +2.23
3 i Hein Vergeer  Netherlands 2:00.59 +2.23
14 7 o Nick Thometz  United States 2:00.77 +2.41
15 9 o Werner Jäger  Austria 2:01.03 +2.67
16 2 i Hans Magnusson  Sweden 2:01.26 +2.90
17 6 i Rolf Falk-Larssen  Norway 2:01.65 +3.29
18 10 i Claes Bengtsson  Sweden 2:02.04 +3.68
19 9 i Bjørn Nyland  Norway 2:02.05 +3.69
20 10 o Michael Hadschieff  Austria 2:02.06 +3.70
21 12 o Erik Henriksen  United States 2:02.20 +3.84
22 19 i Tibor Kopacz  Romania 2:02.38 +4.02
23 18 i Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 2:02.45 +4.09
24 11 i Jan Junell  Sweden 2:02.55 +4.19
25 1 o Wolfgang Scharf  West Germany 2:02.64 +4.28
26 18 o Hansjörg Baltes  West Germany 2:02.68 +4.32
27 19 o Andreas Lemcke  West Germany 2:03.13 +4.77
28 17 o Christian Eminger  Austria 2:03.18 +4.82
29 7 i Kimihiro Hamaya  Japan 2:03.72 +5.36
30 15 i Na Yun-Su  South Korea 2:03.90 +5.54
31 17 i Im Ri-Bin  North Korea 2:03.93 +5.57
32 16 i Bae Ki-Tae  South Korea 2:04.18 +5.82
33 20 o Mark Mitchell  United States 2:04.26 +5.90
34 13 i Mike Richmond  Australia 2:04.62 +6.26
35 13 o Giorgio Paganin  Italy 2:04.97 +6.61
36 16 o Kim Hwang-Hyun  North Korea 2:06.80 +8.44
37 12 i Colin Coates  Australia 2:08.13 +9.77
38 20 i Li Wei  China 2:08.38 +10.02
39 14 o Bryan Carbis  Great Britain 2:13.25 +14.89
40 15 o Behudin Merdović  Yugoslavia 2:19.25 +20.89

References

  1. ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 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.
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