Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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

World record	Ard Schenk (NED)	1:58.7	Davos, Switzerland	16 January 1971
Olympic record	Ard Schenk (NED)	2:02.96	Sapporo, Japan	6 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
13 February	Pair 2	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	2:00.87	OR
13 February	Pair 4	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	OR

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	4	i	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:59.38	–	OR
	4	o	Yury Kondakov	Soviet Union	1:59.97	+0.59
	2	i	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	2:00.87	+1.49
4	11	i	Sergey Ryabev	Soviet Union	2:02.15	+2.77
5	2	i	Dan Carroll	United States	2:02.26	+2.88
6	12	i	Piet Kleine	Netherlands	2:02.28	+2.90
7	9	i	Eric Heiden	United States	2:02.40	+3.02
8	7	o	Colin Coates	Australia	2:03.34	+3.96
9	8	o	Klaus Wunderlich	East Germany	2:03.41	+4.03
10	7	i	Olavi Köppä	Finland	2:03.69	+4.31
11	13	i	Kay Stenshjemmet	Norway	2:03.75	+4.37
12	6	o	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	2:03.76	+4.38
13	14	o	Sergey Marchuk	Soviet Union	2:04.45	+5.07
14	3	o	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	2:04.63	+5.25
15	14	i	Terje Andersen	Norway	2:04.65	+5.27
16	8	i	Dan Johansson	Sweden	2:04.73	+5.35
17	10	i	Lennart Carlsson	Sweden	2:04.76	+5.37
18	1	o	Lee Yeong-Ha	South Korea	2:05.25	+5.87
19	5	i	Bruno Toniolli	Italy	2:05.66	+6.28
20	3	i	Richard Tourne	France	2:06.43	+7.05
21	6	i	Masahiko Yamamoto	Japan	2:06.67	+7.29
22	15	i	Mats Wallberg	Sweden	2:08.72	+9.34
23	15	o	Mike Woods	United States	2:08.77	+9.39
24	5	o	Geoff Sandys	Great Britain	2:09.17	+9.79
25	10	o	Floriano Martello	Italy	2:09.68	+10.30
26	9	o	Ludwig Kronfuß	Austria	2:11.17	+11.79
27	12	o	Franz Krienbühl	Switzerland	2:12.52	+13.14
28	11	o	Gilbert Van Eesbeeck	Belgium	2:12.74	+13.36
29	1	i	Berend Schabus	Austria	2:15.41	+16.03
30	13	o	Giovanni Panciera	Italy	2:33.52	+34.14