The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]
| Men's 1500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | |||||||||||||
| Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 21 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.44 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Eric Heiden (USA) |
1:54.79 | Davos, Switzerland | 19 January 1980 |
| Olympic record |  Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) |
1:59.38 | Innsbruck, Austria | 13 February 1976 |
The following new Olympic record was set.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 February | Pair 1 | Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) |
1:57.95 | OR | |
| 21 February | Pair 4 | Eric Heiden (USA) |
1:55.44 | OR |
Results
edit| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | o | Eric Heiden | United States |
1:55.44 | – | OR |
 |
4 | i | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | Norway |
1:56.81 | +1.37 | |
 |
5 | o | Terje Andersen | Norway |
1:56.92 | +1.48 | |
| 4 | 8 | o | Andreas Dietel |  East Germany |
1:57.14 | +1.70 | |
| 5 | 6 | i | Yury Kondakov |  Soviet Union |
1:57.36 | +1.92 | |
| 6 | 1 | i | Jan Egil Storholt | Norway |
1:57.95 | +2.51 | |
| 7 | 2 | o | Tomas Gustafson |  Sweden |
1:58.18 | +2.64 | |
| 8 | 3 | o | Vladimir Lobanov | Soviet Union |
1:59.30 | +3.86 | |
| 9 | 10 | o | Andreas Ehrig | East Germany |
1:59.47 | +4.03 | |
| 2 | i | Yevhen Solunskiy | Soviet Union |
1:59.47 | +4.03 | ||
| 11 | 9 | i | Hilbert van der Duim |  Netherlands |
1:59.49 | +4.05 | |
| 12 | 9 | o | Herbert Schwarz |  West Germany |
1:59.58 | +4.14 | |
| 13 | 11 | i | Bert de Jong | Netherlands |
1:59.83 | +4.39 | |
| 14 | 7 | o | Pertti Niittylä |  Finland |
2:00.01 | +4.57 | |
| 15 | 18 | i | Gaétan Boucher |  Canada |
2:00.15 | +4.71 | |
| 16 | 11 | o | Ulf Ekstrand | Sweden |
2:00.23 | +4.79 | |
| 17 | 5 | i | Tom Plant | United States |
2:00.57 | +5.13 | |
| 18 | 6 | o | Craig Kressler | United States |
2:00.60 | +5.16 | |
| 19 | 1 | o | Masahiko Yamamoto |  Japan |
2:01.25 | +5.81 | |
| 20 | 3 | i | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan |
2:01.28 | +5.84 | |
| 21 | 10 | i | Jan Junell | Sweden |
2:02.11 | +6.67 | |
| 22 | 7 | i | Lee Yeong-Ha |  South Korea |
2:02.37 | +6.93 | |
| 23 | 14 | i | Craig Webster | Canada |
2:02.41 | +6.97 | |
| 24 | 12 | i | Yasuhiro Shimizu | Japan |
2:04.54 | +9.10 | |
| 25 | 15 | i | Zhao Weichang |  China |
2:05.48 | +10.04 | |
| 26 | 16 | i | Na Yun-su | South Korea |
2:06.65 | +11.21 | |
| 27 | 17 | o | Jacques Thibault | Canada |
2:06.79 | +11.35 | |
| 28 | 17 | i | Maurizio Marchetto |  Italy |
2:07.45 | +12.01 | |
| 29 | 14 | o | Guo Chengjiang | China |
2:08.33 | +12.89 | |
| 30 | 12 | o | Li Huchun | China |
2:10.00 | +14.56 | |
| 31 | 15 | o | Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa |  Mongolia |
2:11.51 | +16.07 | |
| 32 | 13 | o | Mike Richmond |  Australia |
2:13.40 | +17.96 | |
| 33 | 16 | o | Geoff Sandys |  Great Britain |
2:15.06 | +19.62 | |
| 34 | 13 | i | Alan Luke | Great Britain |
2:17.79 | +22.35 | |
| 35 | 18 | i | Dorjiin Tsenddoo | Mongolia |
2:19.30 | +23.86 | |
| - | 8 | i | Yep Kramer | Netherlands |
DNF |
References
edit- ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.