Men's 1500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 19
Competitors48 from 17 nations
Winning time1:43.95 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Derek Parra
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jochem Uytdehaage
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ådne Søndrål
 Norway

The men's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]

In reverse order of the 5000 metres, Jochem Uytdehaage first broke the world record, only to see it bettered by Derek Parra, who won the third US skating gold of the Games. He was the first Mexican-American to medal in a winter sport.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Lee Kyou-hyuk (KOR)1:45.20 Calgary, Canada15 March 2001[2]
Olympic record Ådne Søndrål (NOR)1:47.87 Nagano, Japan12 February 1998[2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[2]RoundAthleteCountryTimeORWR
19 FebruaryPair 1Dmitry Shepel Russia1:45.98OR
19 FebruaryPair 5Nick Pearson United States1:45.51OR
19 FebruaryPair 9Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands1:44.57ORWR
19 FebruaryPair 21Derek Parra United States1:43.95ORWR

Results

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)21ODerek Parra United States1:43.95–WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)9OJochem Uytdehaage Netherlands1:44.57+0.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)23OÅdne Søndrål Norway1:45.26+1.31
423IJoey Cheek United States1:45.34+1.39
516OIds Postma Netherlands1:45.41+1.46
65ONick Pearson United States1:45.51+1.56
715OJan Bos Netherlands1:45.63+1.68
818ILee Kyou-hyuk South Korea1:45.82+1.87
914IRintje Ritsma Netherlands1:45.86+1.91
1014OYevgeny Lalenkov Russia1:45.97+2.02
111ODmitry Shepel Russia1:45.98+2.03
1222ODustin Molicki Canada1:46.00+2.05
139IJanne Hanninen Finland1:46.04+2.09
1419OJ. P. Shilling United States1:46.29+2.34
1518IHiroyuki Noake Japan1:46.38+2.43
168OSergey Tsybenko Kazakhstan1:46.40+2.45
1724OKevin Marshall Canada1:46.75+2.80
1821ISteven Elm Canada1:46.99+3.04
191IRadik Bikchantayev Kazakhstan1:47.04+3.09
2022IPetter Andersen Norway1:47.21+3.26
2120OChoi Jae-bong South Korea1:47.26+3.31
2216IAleksandr Kibalko Russia1:47.63+3.68
2313ITakaharu Nakajima Japan1:47.64+3.69
2417IStefano Donagrandi Italy1:47.72+3.77
2519IKeiji Shirahata Japan1:47.78+3.83
265IEnrico Fabris Italy1:47.83+3.88
274IVesa Rosendahl Finland1:48.02+4.07
2812IPhilippe Marois Canada1:48.13+4.18
292ICedric Kuentz France1:48.20+4.25
3015IZsolt Balo Hungary1:48.27+4.32
313ORoberto Sighel Italy1:48.40+4.45
3220IRisto Rosendahl Finland1:48.57+4.62
334OMun Jun South Korea1:48.58+4.63
3424IYusuke Imai Japan1:48.76+4.81
352IEskil Ervik Norway1:49.24+5.29
3611INikolay Uliyanin Kazakhstan1:49.42+5.47
3711OVadim Sayutin Russia1:49.45+5.50
386IJohan Röjler Sweden1:49.50+5.55
3912OVladimir Kostin Kazakhstan1:49.57+5.62
4010IIgor Makovetsky Belarus1:50.15+6.20
4117OJan Friesinger Germany1:50.26+6.31
4210OYeo Sang-Yeop South Korea1:50.70+6.75
433IAndrey Fomin Ukraine1:51.02+7.07
438IFrank Dittrich Germany1:51.02+7.07
457OMa Yongbin China1:51.81+7.86
466OLiu Guangbin China1:52.01+8.06
477OAleksey Khatylyov Belarus1:52.87+8.92
4813OChristian Breuer GermanyDNF

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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