Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 1500 metres at the XV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Oval | |||||||||
Dates | 20 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:52.06 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the Olympic Oval.[1][2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
World record | ![]() | 1:52.50 | Calgary, Canada | 5 December 1987 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 1:55.44 | Lake Placid, United States | 21 February 1980 |
The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.
Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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20 February | Pair 1 | Eric Flaim | ![]() | 1:52.12 | OR | WR |
20 February | Pair 3 | André Hoffmann | ![]() | 1:52.06 | OR | WR |
Results
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Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | o | André Hoffmann | ![]() | 1:52.06 | - | (WR) |
![]() | 1 | o | Eric Flaim | ![]() | 1:52.12 | +0.06 | |
![]() | 4 | o | Michael Hadschieff | ![]() | 1:52.31 | +0.25 | |
4 | 6 | i | Igor Zhelezovski | ![]() | 1:52.63 | +0.57 | |
5 | 2 | i | Toru Aoyanagi | ![]() | 1:52.85 | +0.79 | |
6 | 3 | i | Aleksandr Klimov | ![]() | 1:52.97 | +0.91 | |
7 | 2 | o | Nikolay Gulyayev | ![]() | 1:53.04 | +0.98 | |
8 | 8 | o | Peter Adeberg | ![]() | 1:53.57 | +1.51 | |
9 | 15 | i | Gaétan Boucher | ![]() | 1:54.18 | +2.12 | |
10 | 5 | i | Jean Pichett | ![]() | 1:54.63 | +2.57 | |
11 | 14 | o | Mark Greenwald | ![]() | 1:54.64 | +2.58 | |
12 | 16 | i | Mike Richmond | ![]() | 1:54.95 | +2.89 | |
13 | 11 | i | Claes Bengtsson | ![]() | 1:55.16 | +3.10 | |
14 | 12 | i | Danny Kah | ![]() | 1:55.19 | +3.13 | |
15 | 10 | i | Dave Silk | ![]() | 1:55.26 | +3.20 | |
16 | 6 | o | Munehisa Kuroiwa | ![]() | 1:55.42 | +3.36 | |
17 | 11 | i | Im Ri-Bin | ![]() | 1:55.55 | +3.49 | |
18 | 16 | o | Ben Lamarche | ![]() | 1:55.59 | +3.53 | |
19 | 20 | i | Hans van Helden | ![]() | 1:55.61 | +3.55 | |
20 | 18 | o | John Baskfield | ![]() | 1:55.88 | +3.82 | |
21 | 5 | o | Rolf Falk-Larssen | ![]() | 1:55.94 | +3.88 | |
22 | 20 | o | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | ![]() | 1:55.98 | +3.92 | |
23 | 14 | i | Gregor Jelonek | ![]() | 1:56.37 | +4.31 | |
24 | 13 | o | Hans Magnusson | ![]() | 1:56.44 | +4.38 | |
25 | 8 | i | Pertti Niittylä | ![]() | 1:56.48 | +4.42 | |
26 | 4 | i | Hwang Ik-hwan | ![]() | 1:56.50 | +4.44 | |
27 | 1 | i | Hein Vergeer | ![]() | 1:56.63 | +4.57 | |
28 | 19 | o | Hozumi Moriyama | ![]() | 1:56.84 | +4.78 | |
29 | 17 | i | Kim Gwan-gyu | ![]() | 1:56.85 | +4.79 | |
30 | 9 | i | Hansjörg Baltes | ![]() | 1:57.08 | +5.02 | |
31 | 10 | o | Liu Yanfei | ![]() | 1:57.38 | +5.32 | |
32 | 18 | i | Phillip Tahmindjis | ![]() | 1:57.63 | +5.57 | |
33 | 9 | o | Frode Syvertsen | ![]() | 1:58.37 | +6.31 | |
34 | 19 | i | Jiří Kyncl | ![]() | 1:58.44 | +6.38 | |
35 | 7 | i | Andrey Bobrov | ![]() | 1:58.97 | +6.91 | |
36 | 17 | o | Jerzy Dominik | ![]() | 1:59.03 | +6.97 | |
37 | 13 | i | Julian Green | ![]() | 1:59.41 | +7.35 | |
38 | 11 | i | Craig McNicoll | ![]() | 2:01.89 | +9.83 | |
39 | 15 | o | Behudin Merdović | ![]() | 2:06.11 | +14.05 | |
- | 7 | o | Joakim Karlberg | ![]() | DNF |
References
- ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.