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| Men's 1500 metres at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Zetra Ice Rink | |||||||||
| Dates | 16 February 1984 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:58.36 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Igor Zhelezovsky (URS) |
1:54.26 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 26 March 1983 |
| Olympic record |  Eric Heiden (USA) |
1:55.44 | Lake Placid, United States | 21 February 1980 |
Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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8 | o | Gaétan Boucher |  Canada |
1:58.36 | - |
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2 | o | Sergey Khlebnikov | Soviet Union |
1:58.83 | +0.47 |
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5 | i | Oleg Bozhev | Soviet Union |
1:58.89 | +0.53 |
| 4 | 5 | o | Hans van Helden |  France |
1:59.39 | +1.03 |
| 5 | 8 | i | Andreas Ehrig |  East Germany |
1:59.41 | +1.05 |
| 6 | 14 | i | Andreas Dietel | East Germany |
1:59.73 | +1.37 |
| 7 | 4 | i | Hilbert van der Duim |  Netherlands |
1:59.77 | +1.41 |
| 8 | 4 | o | Viktor Shasherin | Soviet Union |
1:59.81 | +1.45 |
| 9 | 11 | o | Pertti Niittylä |  Finland |
2:00.01 | +1.65 |
| 10 | 6 | o | Frits Schalij | Netherlands |
2:00.14 | +1.78 |
| 11 | 3 | o | André Hoffmann | East Germany |
2:00.23 | +1.87 |
| 12 | 1 | i | Kai Arne Engelstad |  Norway |
2:00.59 | +2.23 |
| 3 | i | Hein Vergeer | Netherlands |
2:00.59 | +2.23 | |
| 14 | 7 | o | Nick Thometz | United States |
2:00.77 | +2.41 |
| 15 | 9 | o | Werner Jäger |  Austria |
2:01.03 | +2.67 |
| 16 | 2 | i | Hans Magnusson |  Sweden |
2:01.26 | +2.90 |
| 17 | 6 | i | Rolf Falk-Larssen | Norway |
2:01.65 | +3.29 |
| 18 | 10 | i | Claes Bengtsson | Sweden |
2:02.04 | +3.68 |
| 19 | 9 | i | Bjørn Nyland | Norway |
2:02.05 | +3.69 |
| 20 | 10 | o | Michael Hadschieff | Austria |
2:02.06 | +3.70 |
| 21 | 12 | o | Erik Henriksen | United States |
2:02.20 | +3.84 |
| 22 | 19 | i | Tibor Kopacz |  Romania |
2:02.38 | +4.02 |
| 23 | 18 | i | Lee Yeong-Ha |  South Korea |
2:02.45 | +4.09 |
| 24 | 11 | i | Jan Junell | Sweden |
2:02.55 | +4.19 |
| 25 | 1 | o | Wolfgang Scharf |  West Germany |
2:02.64 | +4.28 |
| 26 | 18 | o | Hansjörg Baltes | West Germany |
2:02.68 | +4.32 |
| 27 | 19 | o | Andreas Lemcke | West Germany |
2:03.13 | +4.77 |
| 28 | 17 | o | Christian Eminger | Austria |
2:03.18 | +4.82 |
| 29 | 7 | i | Kimihiro Hamaya |  Japan |
2:03.72 | +5.36 |
| 30 | 15 | i | Na Yun-Su | South Korea |
2:03.90 | +5.54 |
| 31 | 17 | i | Im Ri-Bin |  North Korea |
2:03.93 | +5.57 |
| 32 | 16 | i | Bae Ki-Tae | South Korea |
2:04.18 | +5.82 |
| 33 | 20 | o | Mark Mitchell | United States |
2:04.26 | +5.90 |
| 34 | 13 | i | Mike Richmond |  Australia |
2:04.62 | +6.26 |
| 35 | 13 | o | Giorgio Paganin |  Italy |
2:04.97 | +6.61 |
| 36 | 16 | o | Kim Hwang-Hyun | North Korea |
2:06.80 | +8.44 |
| 37 | 12 | i | Colin Coates | Australia |
2:08.13 | +9.77 |
| 38 | 20 | i | Li Wei |  China |
2:08.38 | +10.02 |
| 39 | 14 | o | Bryan Carbis |  Great Britain |
2:13.25 | +14.89 |
| 40 | 15 | o | Behudin Merdović |  Yugoslavia |
2:19.25 | +20.89 |
References
- ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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