Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'anneau de vitesse
Dates16 February
Competitors46 from 21 nations
Winning time1:54.81
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johann Olav Koss
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ådne Søndrål
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Visser
 Netherlands
← 1988
1994 →

Records edit

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

World record   André Hoffmann (GDR) 1:52.06 Calgary, Canada 20 February 1988
Olympic record   André Hoffmann (GDR) 1:52.06 Calgary, Canada 20 February 1988

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind
  8 I Johann Olav Koss   Norway 1:54.81 -
  9 O Ådne Søndrål   Norway 1:54.85 +0.04
  5 O Leo Visser   Netherlands 1:54.90 +0.09
4 6 O Rintje Ritsma   Netherlands 1:55.70 +0.89
5 11 O Bart Veldkamp   Netherlands 1:56.33 +1.52
6 6 I Olaf Zinke   Germany 1:56.74 +1.93
7 3 O Falko Zandstra   Netherlands 1:56.96 +2.15
8 4 O Geir Karlstad   Norway 1:56.98 +2.17
9 11 I Yukinori Miyabe   Japan 1:56.99 +2.18
10 15 I Igor Zhelezovski   Unified Team 1:57.24 +2.43
11 5 I Roberto Sighel   Italy 1:57.32 +2.51
12 4 I Toru Aoyanagi   Japan 1:57.36 +2.55
13 7 I Markus Tröger   Germany 1:57.42 +2.61
14 8 O Michael Hadschieff   Austria 1:57.43 +2.62
15 1 O Peter Adeberg   Germany 1:57.54 +2.73
16 7 O Paweł Jaroszek   Poland 1:57.80 +2.99
14 O Yuriy Shulha   Unified Team 1:57.80 +2.99
18 20 O Liu Yanfei   China 1:58.44 +3.63
19 14 I Brian Wanek   United States 1:58.50 +3.69
20 16 I Guy Thibault   Canada 1:58.87 +4.06
21 2 I Bo König   Sweden 1:58.94 +4.13
22 2 O Konstantin Kalistratov   Unified Team 1:59.02 +4.21
23 1 I Danny Kah   Australia 1:59.33 +4.52
24 10 O Roland Brunner   Austria 1:59.60 +4.79
10 I Eric Flaim   United States 1:59.60 +4.79
26 23 I Joakim Karlberg   Sweden 2:00.01 +5.20
27 12 O Choi In-Chol   North Korea 2:00.36 +5.55
28 18 I Kazuhiro Sato   Japan 2:00.51 +5.70
29 3 I Steinar Johansen   Norway 2:00.79 +5.98
30 13 I Alessandro De Taddei   Italy 2:00.86 +6.05
31 22 O Aleksandr Klimov   Unified Team 2:00.94 +6.13
32 15 O Chris Shelley   United States 2:01.11 +6.30
33 13 O Zsolt Baló   Romania 2:01.33 +6.52
34 12 I Jonas Schön   Sweden 2:01.53 +6.72
35 22 I Nathaniel Mills   United States 2:01.54 +6.73
36 17 I Neal Marshall   Canada 2:01.62 +6.81
37 17 O Craig McNicoll   Great Britain 2:02.06 +7.25
38 20 I Phillip Tahmindjis   Australia 2:02.08 +7.27
39 9 I O Yong-seok   South Korea 2:02.17 +7.36
40 21 O Kevin Scott   Canada 2:03.18 +8.37
41 19 O Thierry Lamberton   France 2:04.04 +9.23
42 19 I Csaba Madarász   Hungary 2:05.00 +10.19
43 23 O Altangadasyn Sodnomdarjaa   Mongolia 2:05.43 +10.62
44 21 I Keiji Shirahata   Japan 2:05.47 +10.66
45 16 O Bajro Čenanović   Yugoslavia 2:12.09 +17.28
- 18 O Pat Kelly   Canada DNF

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.