Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueZetra Ice Rink
Dates16 February
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time1:58.36
Medalists
Gaétan Boucher
 Canada
Sergey Khlebnikov
 Soviet Union
Oleg Bozhev
 Soviet Union
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Records

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

World record Igor Zhelezovsky (URS)1:54.26Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union26 March 1983
Olympic record Eric Heiden (USA)1:55.44Lake Placid, United States21 February 1980

Results

[1]

RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behind
8oGaétan Boucher Canada1:58.36-
2oSergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union1:58.83+0.47
5iOleg Bozhev Soviet Union1:58.89+0.53
45oHans van Helden France1:59.39+1.03
58iAndreas Ehrig East Germany1:59.41+1.05
614iAndreas Dietel East Germany1:59.73+1.37
74iHilbert van der Duim Netherlands1:59.77+1.41
84oViktor Shasherin Soviet Union1:59.81+1.45
911oPertti Niittylä Finland2:00.01+1.65
106oFrits Schalij Netherlands2:00.14+1.78
113oAndré Hoffmann East Germany2:00.23+1.87
121iKai Arne Engelstad Norway2:00.59+2.23
3iHein Vergeer Netherlands2:00.59+2.23
147oNick Thometz United States2:00.77+2.41
159oWerner Jäger Austria2:01.03+2.67
162iHans Magnusson Sweden2:01.26+2.90
176iRolf Falk-Larssen Norway2:01.65+3.29
1810iClaes Bengtsson Sweden2:02.04+3.68
199iBjørn Nyland Norway2:02.05+3.69
2010oMichael Hadschieff Austria2:02.06+3.70
2112oErik Henriksen United States2:02.20+3.84
2219iTibor Kopacz Romania2:02.38+4.02
2318iLee Yeong-Ha South Korea2:02.45+4.09
2411iJan Junell Sweden2:02.55+4.19
251oWolfgang Scharf West Germany2:02.64+4.28
2618oHansjörg Baltes West Germany2:02.68+4.32
2719oAndreas Lemcke West Germany2:03.13+4.77
2817oChristian Eminger Austria2:03.18+4.82
297iKimihiro Hamaya Japan2:03.72+5.36
3015iNa Yun-Su South Korea2:03.90+5.54
3117iIm Ri-Bin North Korea2:03.93+5.57
3216iBae Ki-Tae South Korea2:04.18+5.82
3320oMark Mitchell United States2:04.26+5.90
3413iMike Richmond Australia2:04.62+6.26
3513oGiorgio Paganin Italy2:04.97+6.61
3616oKim Hwang-Hyun North Korea2:06.80+8.44
3712iColin Coates Australia2:08.13+9.77
3820iLi Wei China2:08.38+10.02
3914oBryan Carbis Great Britain2:13.25+14.89
4015oBehudin Merdović Yugoslavia2:19.25+20.89

References
  1. "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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