Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the II Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
Venue St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date 14 February 1928
Competitors 30 from 14 nations
Winning time 2:21.1
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bernt Evensen  Norway
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ivar Ballangrud  Norway

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Clas Thunberg
 Finland		 Bernt Evensen
 Norway		 Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record 2:17.4(*) Norway Oscar Mathisen Davos (SUI) January 18, 1914
Olympic Record 2:20.8 Finland Clas Thunberg Chamonix (FRA) January 27, 1924

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Clas Thunberg (FIN)2:21.1
2 Bernt Evensen (NOR)2:21.9
3 Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)2:22.6
4 Roald Larsen (NOR)2:25.3
5 Eddie Murphy (USA)2:25.9
6 Valentine Bialas (USA)2:26.3
7 Irving Jaffee (USA)2:26.7
8 John Farrell (USA)2:26.8
9 Gustaf Andersson (SWE)2:27.5
10 Zoltán Eötvös (HUN)2:27.9
11 Fritz Jungblut (GER)2:28.2
12 Charles Gorman (CAN)2:28.4
13 Wollert Nygren (NOR)2:28.7
14 Alberts Rumba (LAT)2:28.9
15 Toivo Ovaska (FIN)2:29.3
16 Fritz Moser (AUT)2:31.1
17 Ross Robinson (CAN)2:32.3
18 Siem Heiden (NED)2:33.1
19 Christfried Burmeister (EST)2:33.3
20 Aleksander Mitt (EST)2:35.0
21 Willy Logan (CAN)2:35.6
22 Rudolf Riedl (AUT)2:37.8
23 Arthur Vollstedt (GER)2:39.9
24 Cyril Horn (GBR)2:40.0
25 Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)2:40.9
26 Charles Thaon (FRA)2:41.2
27 Leonard Stewart (GBR)2:48.9
28 Frederick Dix (GBR)2:49.6
29 Bertel Backman (FIN)DNF
 Wim Kos (NED)DNF

References

  • Official Olympic Report
  • "Results of the 1928 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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