Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date27 January 1924
Competitors22 from 9 nations
Winning time2:20.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sigurd Moen  Norway

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-seven speed skaters from ten nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from nine nations competed.[1] The Finnish athlete Asser Wallenius fell and did not finish the race.[2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Clas Thunberg
 Finland		 Roald Larsen
 Norway		 Sigurd Moen
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record Oscar Mathisen (NOR)2:17.4 Kristiania, Norway17 January 1914[3][lower-alpha 1]
Olympic recordN/AN/A N/AN/AN/A

The following records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
27 January 1924Pair 1 André Gegout  France2:54.4OR
27 January 1924Pair 4 Clas Thunberg  Finland2:20.8OR
27 January 1924Pair 10 Léonhard Quaglia  France2:37.0NR

Results

The event was held Sunday at midday.[2]

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4 Clas Thunberg  Finland2:20.8—OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4 Roald Larsen  Norway2:22.0+1.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)8 Sigurd Moen  Norway2:25.6+3.8
412 Julius Skutnabb  Finland2:26.6+4.8
512 Harald Strøm  Norway2:29.0+8.2
611 Oskar Olsen  Norway2:29.2+8.4
716 Harry Kaskey  United States2:29.8+9.0[lower-alpha 2]
=811 Charles Jewtraw  United States2:31.6+10.8
13 Joe Moore  United States
1010 Alberts Rumba  Latvia2:32.0+11.2
1113 Charles Gorman  Canada2:35.4+14.6
128 Bill Steinmetz  United States2:36.0+15.2
139 Axel Blomqvist  Sweden2:36.4+15.6
1410 Léonhard Quaglia  France2:37.0+16.2NR
1515 Leon Jucewicz  Poland2:42.6+21.8[lower-alpha 3]
161 André Gegout  France2:54.4+33.6OR
172 Gaston Van Hazebroeck  Belgium2:54.8+34.0
182 George de Wilde  France2:55.0+34.2
191 Louis De Ridder  Belgium3:01.8+41.0
2015 Philippe Van Volckxsom  Belgium3:14.6+53.8[lower-alpha 4]
2116 Marcel Moens  Belgium3:16.8+56.0[lower-alpha 5]
9 Asser Wallenius  FinlandDNF
3 Cyril Horn  Great BritainDNS
5 Frederick Dix  Great BritainDNS
6 Bernard Sutton  Great BritainDNS
7 Eric Blomgren  SwedenDNS
14 Albert Hassler  FranceDNS

Notes

  1. ↑ The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ↑ Originally in pair 7 with Blomgren[2]
  3. ↑ Originally in pair 14 with Hassler[2]
  4. ↑ Originally in pair 5 with Dix[2]
  5. ↑ Originally in pair 6 with Sutton[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ↑ "Oscar Mathisen, 4 October 1888". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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