Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres speed skating at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Riessersee
Date	13 February 1936
Competitors	37 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:19.2
Medalists
Charles Mathiesen  Norway Ivar Ballangrud  Norway Birger Wasenius  Finland
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The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, 13 February 1936. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed.^[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Charles Mathiesen  Norway	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway	Birger Wasenius  Finland

Records[edit]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:17.4(*)	Oscar Mathisen	Davos (SUI)	18 January 1914
Olympic Record	2:20.8	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	27 January 1924

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Charles Mathiesen set a new Olympic record with 2:19.2 seconds.

Results[edit]

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Charles Mathiesen (NOR)	2:19.2
2	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)	2:20.2
3	Birger Wasenius (FIN)	2:20.9
4	Leo Freisinger (USA)	2:21.3
5	Max Stiepl (AUT)	2:21.6
6	Karl Wazulek (AUT)	2:22.2
7	Harry Haraldsen (NOR)	2:22.4
8	Hans Engnestangen (NOR)	2:23.0
9	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	2:23.2
	Antero Ojala (FIN)	2:23.2
	Dolf van der Scheer (NED)	2:23.2
12	Karl Leban (AUT)	2:24.3
	Eddie Schroeder (USA)	2:24.3
14	Jan Langedijk (NED)	2:24.6
15	Seien Kin (JPN)	2:25.0
16	Willy Sandner (GER)	2:25.3
17	Robert Petersen (USA)	2:25.4
18	Alfons Bērziņš (LAT)	2:25.8
19	Shozo Ishihara (JPN)	2:26.7
20	Lou Dijkstra (NED)	2:27.2
	Åke Ekman (FIN)	2:27.2
22	Aleksander Mitt (EST)	2:27.8
23	Jānis Andriksons (LAT)	2:28.9
	Seitoku Ri (JPN)	2:28.9
25	Ferdinand Preindl (AUT)	2:29.0
	László Hidvéghy (HUN)	2:29.0
27	Heinz Sames (GER)	2:29.3
28	Yasuo Kawamura (JPN)	2:29.6
29	Axel Johansson (SWE)	2:29.9
30	Roelof Koops (NED)	2:30.0
31	Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH)	2:30.5
32	Allan Potts (USA)	2:31.2
33	Kenneth Kennedy (AUS)	2:31.8
34	Thomas White (CAN)	2:34.2
35	Oldřich Hanč (TCH)	2:57.8
36	James Graeffe (BEL)	3:00.5
37	Charles De Ligne (BEL)	3:21.9

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Olympic Report
• "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.