Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1] 44 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.[2]

Men's 1500 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates16 February
Competitors44 from 17 nations
Winning time1:51.29 WR
Medalists
Johann Olav Koss
 Norway
Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
Falko Zandstra
 Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1994 Winter Olympics
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Records

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

World record Rintje Ritsma (NED)1:51.60Heerenveen, Netherlands8 January 1994
Olympic record André Hoffmann (GDR)1:52.06Calgary, Canada20 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
16 FebruaryPair 2Johann Olav Koss Norway1:51.29ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
2Johann Olav Koss Norway1:51.29-WR
6Rintje Ritsma Netherlands1:51.99+0.70
5Falko Zandstra Netherlands1:52.38+1.09
44Ådne Søndrål Norway1:53.13+1.84
511Andrey Anufriyenko Russia1:53.16+1.87
68Peter Adeberg Germany1:53.50+2.21
74Neal Marshall Canada1:53.56+2.27
81Martin Hersman Netherlands1:53.59+2.30
919Jeroen Straathof Netherlands1:53.70+2.41
103Yuriy Shulha Ukraine1:54.28+2.99
1112Paweł Jaroszek Poland1:54.49+3.20
123Roberto Sighel Italy1:54.51+3.22
1310Olaf Zinke Germany1:54.66+3.37
1415Kjell Storelid Norway1:54.69+3.40
151Toru Aoyanagi Japan1:54.85+3.56
1615Oleg Pavlov Russia1:54.90+3.61
172Michael Hadschieff Austria1:55.09+3.80
1818Steinar Johansen Norway1:55.21+3.92
1913Thomas Kumm Germany1:55.35+4.06
2020Michael Spielmann Germany1:55.36+4.07
216Yukinori Miyabe Japan1:55.56+4.27
228Roland Brunner Austria1:55.78+4.49
16Dave Tamburrino United States1:55.78+4.49
2417Pat Kelly Canada1:55.81+4.52
257Danny Kah Australia1:56.04+4.75
2620Zsolt Baló Romania1:56.44+5.15
2714Toshihiko Itokawa Japan1:56.67+5.38
2818Kevin Scott Canada1:56.68+5.39
295Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan1:56.73+5.44
3012Vadim Sayutin Kazakhstan1:57.03+5.74
3110Dezideriu Horvath Romania1:57.07+5.78
327Brian Wanek United States1:57.09+5.80
3321Sergey Tsybenko Kazakhstan1:57.43+6.14
3422Davide Carta Italy1:57.46+6.17
3517Vitaly Novichenko Belarus1:57.50+6.21
3622Phillip Tahmindjis Australia1:57.59+6.30
379Nate Mills United States1:58.43+7.14
3821Pat Bouchard Canada1:59.83+8.54
3919K. C. Boutiette United States2:00.59+9.30
409Paweł Zygmunt Poland2:05.21+13.92
4116Lee Jae-Sik South Korea2:20.60+29.31Fall
-10Alessandro De Taddei ItalyDNF
-13Liu Yanfei ChinaDNF
-14Artur Szafrański PolandDNF

References
  1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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