Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres
The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.
Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
12 February | Pair 1 | Gaétan Boucher | | 1:21.23 | OR | |
12 February | Pair 2 | Peter Mueller | | 1:19.32 | OR | |
Results
Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| 2 | i | Peter Mueller | | 1:19.32 | | OR |
| 5 | i | Jørn Didriksen | | 1:20.45 | | |
| 8 | o | Valery Muratov | | 1:20.57 | | |
4 | 9 | i | Aleksandr Safronov | | 1:20.84 | | |
5 | 6 | i | Hans van Helden | | 1:20.85 | | |
6 | 1 | o | Gaétan Boucher | | 1:21.23 | | |
7 | 8 | i | Mats Wallberg | | 1:21.27 | | |
8 | 3 | i | Pertti Niittylä | | 1:21.43 | | |
9 | 1 | i | Horst Freese | | 1:21.48 | | |
10 | 7 | i | Klaus Wunderlich | | 1:21.67 | | |
11 | 4 | i | Colin Coates | | 1:21.72 | | |
12 | 10 | i | Dan Immerfall | | 1:21.74 | | |
13 | 10 | o | Johan Granath | | 1:22.63 | | |
14 | 7 | o | Bruno Toniolli | | 1:22.83 | | |
15 | 6 | o | Lee Yeong-Ha | | 1:22.88 | | |
16 | 12 | i | Terje Andersen | | 1:22.92 | | |
17 | 2 | o | Emmanuel Michon | | 1:22.99 | | |
18 | 12 | o | Piet Kleine | | 1:23.00 | | |
19 | 13 | i | Masaki Suzuki | | 1:23.40 | | |
20 | 9 | o | Harald Oehme | | 1:23.88 | | |
21 | 4 | o | Archie Marshall | | 1:24.00 | | |
22 | 15 | i | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | | 1:24.71 | | |
23 | 11 | o | Tom Overend | | 1:25.06 | | |
24 | 13 | i | Mikio Oyama | | 1:25.91 | | |
25 | 5 | o | Berend Schabus | | 1:26.50 | | |
26 | 11 | i | Floriano Martello | | 1:26.54 | | |
27 | 13 | o | Richard Tourne | | 1:26.75 | | |
28 | 16 | o | Dan Carroll | | 1:27.37 | | |
29 | 15 | o | Andrey Malikov | | 1:27.57 | | |
30 | 14 | o | Norio Hirate | | 1:29.42 | | |
31 | 16 | i | Bernt Jansson | | 1:30.27 | | |