Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.
Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
13 February | Pair 2 | Hans van Helden | | 2:00.87 | OR | |
13 February | Pair 4 | Jan Egil Storholt | | 1:59.38 | OR | |
Results
Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| 4 | i | Jan Egil Storholt | | 1:59.38 | | |
| 4 | o | Yury Kondakov | | 1:59.97 | | |
| 2 | i | Hans van Helden | | 2:00.87 | | |
4 | 11 | i | Sergey Ryabev | | 2:02.15 | | |
5 | 2 | i | Dan Carroll | | 2:02.26 | | |
6 | 12 | i | Piet Kleine | | 2:02.28 | | |
7 | 9 | i | Eric Heiden | | 2:02.40 | | |
8 | 7 | o | Colin Coates | | 2:03.34 | | |
9 | 8 | o | Klaus Wunderlich | | 2:03.41 | | |
10 | 7 | i | Olavi Köppä | | 2:03.69 | | |
11 | 13 | i | Kay Stenshjemmet | | 2:03.75 | | |
12 | 6 | o | Herbert Schwarz | | 2:03.76 | | |
13 | 14 | o | Sergey Marchuk | | 2:04.45 | | |
14 | 3 | o | Gaétan Boucher | | 2:04.63 | | |
15 | 14 | i | Terje Andersen | | 2:04.65 | | |
16 | 8 | i | Dan Johansson | | 2:04.73 | | |
17 | 10 | i | Lennart Carlsson | | 2:04.76 | | |
18 | 1 | o | Lee Yeong-Ha | | 2:05.25 | | |
19 | 5 | i | Bruno Toniolli | | 2:05.66 | | |
20 | 3 | i | Richard Tourne | | 2:06.43 | | |
21 | 6 | i | Masahiko Yamamoto | | 2:06.67 | | |
22 | 15 | i | Mats Wallberg | | 2:08.72 | | |
23 | 15 | o | Mike Woods | | 2:08.77 | | |
24 | 5 | o | Geoff Sandys | | 2:09.17 | | |
25 | 10 | o | Floriano Martello | | 2:09.68 | +10.30 | |
26 | 9 | o | Ludwig Kronfuß | | 2:11.17 | +11.79 | |
27 | 12 | o | Franz Krienbühl | | 2:12.52 | +13.14 | |
28 | 11 | o | Gilbert Van Eesbeeck | | 2:12.74 | +13.36 | |
29 | 1 | i | Berend Schabus | | 2:15.41 | +16.03 | |
30 | 13 | o | Giovanni Panciera | | 2:33.52 | +34.14 | |