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.[1]

Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueBislett Stadium
Date18 February 1952
Competitors39 from 13 nations
Winning time2:20.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hjalmar Andersen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wim van der Voort  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roald Aas  Norway
← 1948
1956 →

Medalists

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

Records

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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