Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
Venue James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date 5 February 1932
Competitors 18 from 6 nations
Winning time 2:57.5
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Jack Shea  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alexander Hurd  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Willy Logan  Canada

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, February 5, 1932.

Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed.

Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time. This was the common style in North America and gave the runners from the United States and Canada a major advantage over the European rivals.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Jack Shea
 United States		 Alexander Hurd
 Canada		 Willy Logan
 Canada

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 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

First round

Heat 1

PlaceNameTimeQual.
1 Herbert Taylor (USA)2:49.3Q
2 Frank Stack (CAN)Q
3 Bernt Evensen (NOR)
4 Hans Engnestangen (NOR)
5 Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)
6 Tomeju Uruma (JPN)

Heat 2

PlaceNameTimeQual.
1 Jack Shea (USA)2:58.0Q
2 Willy Logan (CAN)Q
3 Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
4 Herbert Flack (CAN)
5 Shozo Ishihara (JPN)
6 Lloyd Guenther (USA)

In the middle of the heat, the judges suddenly stopped the race. They accused the skaters of 'loafing' and ordered the race rerun.[1]


Heat 3

PlaceNameTimeQual.
1 Raymond Murray (USA)2:29.9Q
2 Alexander Hurd (CAN)Q
3 Michael Staksrud (NOR)
4 Yasuo Kawamura (JPN)
5 Tokuo Kitani (JPN)
6 Ingvar Lindberg (SWE)

Final

PlaceNameTime
1 Jack Shea (USA)2:57.5
2 Alexander Hurd (CAN)5 m behind
3 Willy Logan (CAN)6 m behind
4 Frank Stack (CAN)
5 Raymond Murray (USA)
6 Herbert Taylor (USA)

References

  1. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 591. ISBN 0140066322.
  • Official Olympic Report
  • "Results of the 1932 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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