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.
DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
13 FebruaryPair 2Hans van Helden2:00.87OR
13 FebruaryPair 4Jan Egil Storholt1:59.38OR

Results

RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behindNotes
4iJan Egil Storholt1:59.38
4oYury Kondakov1:59.97
2iHans van Helden2:00.87
411iSergey Ryabev2:02.15
52iDan Carroll2:02.26
612iPiet Kleine2:02.28
79iEric Heiden2:02.40
87oColin Coates2:03.34
98oKlaus Wunderlich2:03.41
107iOlavi Köppä2:03.69
1113iKay Stenshjemmet2:03.75
126oHerbert Schwarz2:03.76
1314oSergey Marchuk2:04.45
143oGaétan Boucher2:04.63
1514iTerje Andersen2:04.65
168iDan Johansson2:04.73
1710iLennart Carlsson2:04.76
181oLee Yeong-Ha2:05.25
195iBruno Toniolli2:05.66
203iRichard Tourne2:06.43
216iMasahiko Yamamoto2:06.67
2215iMats Wallberg2:08.72
2315oMike Woods2:08.77
245oGeoff Sandys2:09.17
2510oFloriano Martello2:09.68+10.30
269oLudwig Kronfuß2:11.17+11.79
2712oFranz Krienbühl2:12.52+13.14
2811oGilbert Van Eesbeeck2:12.74+13.36
291iBerend Schabus2:15.41+16.03
3013oGiovanni Panciera2:33.52+34.14