Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'anneau de vitesse
Dates	16 February
Competitors	46 from 21 nations
Winning time	1:54.81
Medalists
Johann Olav Koss  Norway Ådne Søndrål  Norway Leo Visser  Netherlands

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record	André Hoffmann (GDR)	1:52.06	Calgary, Canada	20 February 1988
Olympic record	André Hoffmann (GDR)	1:52.06	Calgary, Canada	20 February 1988

Results

[1]

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time behind
	8	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	1:54.81	-
	9	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1:54.85	+0.04
	5	Leo Visser	Netherlands	1:54.90	+0.09
4	6	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1:55.70	+0.89
5	11	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	1:56.33	+1.52
6	6	Olaf Zinke	Germany	1:56.74	+1.93
7	3	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	1:56.96	+2.15
8	4	Geir Karlstad	Norway	1:56.98	+2.17
9	11	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	1:56.99	+2.18
10	15	Igor Zhelezovski	Unified Team	1:57.24	+2.43
11	5	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1:57.32	+2.51
12	4	Toru Aoyanagi	Japan	1:57.36	+2.55
13	7	Markus Tröger	Germany	1:57.42	+2.61
14	8	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	1:57.43	+2.62
15	1	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1:57.54	+2.73
16	7	Paweł Jaroszek	Poland	1:57.80	+2.99
	14	Yuriy Shulha	Unified Team	1:57.80	+2.99
18	20	Liu Yanfei	China	1:58.44	+3.63
19	14	Brian Wanek	United States	1:58.50	+3.69
20	16	Guy Thibault	Canada	1:58.87	+4.06
21	2	Bo König	Sweden	1:58.94	+4.13
22	2	Konstantin Kalistratov	Unified Team	1:59.02	+4.21
23	1	Danny Kah	Australia	1:59.33	+4.52
24	10	Roland Brunner	Austria	1:59.60	+4.79
	10	Eric Flaim	United States	1:59.60	+4.79
26	23	Joakim Karlberg	Sweden	2:00.01	+5.20
27	12	Choi In-Chol	North Korea	2:00.36	+5.55
28	18	Kazuhiro Sato	Japan	2:00.51	+5.70
29	3	Steinar Johansen	Norway	2:00.79	+5.98
30	13	Alessandro De Taddei	Italy	2:00.86	+6.05
31	22	Aleksandr Klimov	Unified Team	2:00.94	+6.13
32	15	Chris Shelley	United States	2:01.11	+6.30
33	13	Zsolt Baló	Romania	2:01.33	+6.52
34	12	Jonas Schön	Sweden	2:01.53	+6.72
35	22	Nate Mills	United States	2:01.54	+6.73
36	17	Neal Marshall	Canada	2:01.62	+6.81
37	17	Craig McNicoll	Great Britain	2:02.06	+7.25
38	20	Phillip Tahmindjis	Australia	2:02.08	+7.27
39	9	O Yong-seok	South Korea	2:02.17	+7.36
40	21	Kevin Scott	Canada	2:03.18	+8.37
41	19	Thierry Lamberton	France	2:04.04	+9.23
42	19	Csaba Madarász	Hungary	2:05.00	+10.19
43	23	Altangadasyn Sodnomdarjaa	Mongolia	2:05.43	+10.62
44	21	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	2:05.47	+10.66
45	16	Bajro Čenanović	Yugoslavia	2:12.09	+17.28
-	18	Pat Kelly	Canada	DNF

References

1. "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.