Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, 18 February 1952 at 5 p.m. Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed.

Men's 1500 metres speed skating at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Date	18 February 1952
Competitors	39 from 13 nations
Winning time	2:20.4
Medalists
Hjalmar Andersen  Norway Wim van der Voort  Netherlands Roald Aas  Norway

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hjalmar Andersen  Norway	Wim van der Voort  Netherlands	Roald Aas  Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:12.9(*)	Valentin Chaikin	Medeo (URS)	20 January 1952
Olympic Record	2:17.6(*)	Sverre Farstad	St. Moritz (SUI)	2 February 1948

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

Results

The current world record holder Valentin Chaikin did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

Place	Speed skater	Time
1	Hjalmar Andersen (NOR)	2:20.4
2	Wim van der Voort (NED)	2:20.6
3	Roald Aas (NOR)	2:21.6
4	Carl-Erik Asplund (SWE)	2:22.6
5	Kees Broekman (NED)	2:22.8
6	Lassi Parkkinen (FIN)	2:23.0
7	Kauko Salomaa (FIN)	2:23.3
8	Sigvard Ericsson (SWE)	2:23.4
	Ivar Martinsen (NOR)	2:23.4
10	Ferenc Lőrincz (HUN)	2:23.7
11	Tsuneo Sato (JPN)	2:23.9
12	Gerard Maarse (NED)	2:24.3
	Johnny Werket (USA)	2:24.3
14	Norman Holwell (GBR)	2:24.5
15	Nic Stene (NOR)	2:24.8
16	Craig MacKay (CAN)	2:25.0
	Ken Henry (USA)	2:25.0
18	Pat McNamara (USA)	2:25.5
19	Gunnar Ström (SWE)	2:25.8
20	Franz Offenberger (AUT)	2:25.9
21	József Merényi (HUN)	2:26.1
22	Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT)	2:26.6
23	Masanori Aoki (JPN)	2:26.9
24	Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)	2:27.1
25	Toivo Salonen (FIN)	2:27.4
26	Cockie van der Elst (NED)	2:27.6
	John Wickström (SWE)	2:27.6
28	Don McDermott (USA)	2:28.8
29	Ralf Olin (CAN)	2:29.3
30	Colin Hickey (AUS)	2:30.4
31	Enrico Musolino (ITA)	2:30.7
32	Guido Citterio (ITA)	2:30.8
33	Sukenobu Kudo (JPN)	2:31.6
34	Kiyotaka Takabayashi (JPN)	2:32.0
35	Bill Jones (GBR)	2:32.2
36	Konrad Pecher (AUT)	2:34.8
37	Robert Laboubée (BEL)	2:36.4
38	John Hearn (GBR)	2:40.1
39	Jean Massez (BEL)	2:43.8

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• "Results of the 1952 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.