Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the Olympic Oval.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
Dates20 February
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time1:52.06 WR
Medalists
André Hoffmann
 East Germany
Eric Flaim
 United States
Michael Hadschieff
 Austria
Speed skating at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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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)1:52.50Calgary, Canada5 December 1987
Olympic record Eric Heiden (USA)1:55.44Lake Placid, United States21 February 1980

The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
20 FebruaryPair 1Eric Flaim United States1:52.12ORWR
20 FebruaryPair 3André Hoffmann East Germany1:52.06ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behindNotes
3oAndré Hoffmann East Germany1:52.06-(WR)
1oEric Flaim United States1:52.12+0.06
4oMichael Hadschieff Austria1:52.31+0.25
46iIgor Zhelezovski Soviet Union1:52.63+0.57
52iToru Aoyanagi Japan1:52.85+0.79
63iAleksandr Klimov Soviet Union1:52.97+0.91
72oNikolay Gulyayev Soviet Union1:53.04+0.98
88oPeter Adeberg East Germany1:53.57+1.51
915iGaétan Boucher Canada1:54.18+2.12
105iJean Pichett Canada1:54.63+2.57
1114oMark Greenwald United States1:54.64+2.58
1216iMike Richmond Australia1:54.95+2.89
1311iClaes Bengtsson Sweden1:55.16+3.10
1412iDanny Kah Australia1:55.19+3.13
1510iDave Silk United States1:55.26+3.20
166oMunehisa Kuroiwa Japan1:55.42+3.36
1711iIm Ri-Bin North Korea1:55.55+3.49
1816oBen Lamarche Canada1:55.59+3.53
1920iHans van Helden France1:55.61+3.55
2018oJohn Baskfield United States1:55.88+3.82
215oRolf Falk-Larssen Norway1:55.94+3.88
2220oYoshiyuki Shimizu Japan1:55.98+3.92
2314iGregor Jelonek Canada1:56.37+4.31
2413oHans Magnusson Sweden1:56.44+4.38
258iPertti Niittylä Finland1:56.48+4.42
264iHwang Ik-hwan South Korea1:56.50+4.44
271iHein Vergeer Netherlands1:56.63+4.57
2819oHozumi Moriyama Japan1:56.84+4.78
2917iKim Gwan-gyu South Korea1:56.85+4.79
309iHansjörg Baltes West Germany1:57.08+5.02
3110oLiu Yanfei China1:57.38+5.32
3218iPhillip Tahmindjis Australia1:57.63+5.57
339oFrode Syvertsen Norway1:58.37+6.31
3419iJiří Kyncl Czechoslovakia1:58.44+6.38
357iAndrey Bobrov Soviet Union1:58.97+6.91
3617oJerzy Dominik Poland1:59.03+6.97
3713iJulian Green Great Britain1:59.41+7.35
3811iCraig McNicoll Great Britain2:01.89+9.83
3915oBehudin Merdović Yugoslavia2:06.11+14.05
-7oJoakim Karlberg SwedenDNF

References
  1. "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. "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.
  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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