Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1] 44 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.[2]

Men's 1500 metres at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	16 February
Competitors	44 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:51.29 WR
Medalists
Johann Olav Koss  Norway Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands Falko Zandstra  Netherlands

Records

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

World record	Rintje Ritsma (NED)	1:51.60	Heerenveen, Netherlands	8 January 1994
Olympic record	André Hoffmann (GDR)	1:52.06	Calgary, Canada	20 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
16 February	Pair 2	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	1:51.29	OR	WR

Results

[1]

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	2	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	1:51.29	-	WR
	6	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1:51.99	+0.70
	5	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	1:52.38	+1.09
4	4	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1:53.13	+1.84
5	11	Andrey Anufriyenko	Russia	1:53.16	+1.87
6	8	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1:53.50	+2.21
7	4	Neal Marshall	Canada	1:53.56	+2.27
8	1	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	1:53.59	+2.30
9	19	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1:53.70	+2.41
10	3	Yuriy Shulha	Ukraine	1:54.28	+2.99
11	12	Paweł Jaroszek	Poland	1:54.49	+3.20
12	3	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1:54.51	+3.22
13	10	Olaf Zinke	Germany	1:54.66	+3.37
14	15	Kjell Storelid	Norway	1:54.69	+3.40
15	1	Toru Aoyanagi	Japan	1:54.85	+3.56
16	15	Oleg Pavlov	Russia	1:54.90	+3.61
17	2	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	1:55.09	+3.80
18	18	Steinar Johansen	Norway	1:55.21	+3.92
19	13	Thomas Kumm	Germany	1:55.35	+4.06
20	20	Michael Spielmann	Germany	1:55.36	+4.07
21	6	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	1:55.56	+4.27
22	8	Roland Brunner	Austria	1:55.78	+4.49
	16	Dave Tamburrino	United States	1:55.78	+4.49
24	17	Pat Kelly	Canada	1:55.81	+4.52
25	7	Danny Kah	Australia	1:56.04	+4.75
26	20	Zsolt Baló	Romania	1:56.44	+5.15
27	14	Toshihiko Itokawa	Japan	1:56.67	+5.38
28	18	Kevin Scott	Canada	1:56.68	+5.39
29	5	Radik Bikchentayev	Kazakhstan	1:56.73	+5.44
30	12	Vadim Sayutin	Kazakhstan	1:57.03	+5.74
31	10	Dezideriu Horvath	Romania	1:57.07	+5.78
32	7	Brian Wanek	United States	1:57.09	+5.80
33	21	Sergey Tsybenko	Kazakhstan	1:57.43	+6.14
34	22	Davide Carta	Italy	1:57.46	+6.17
35	17	Vitaly Novichenko	Belarus	1:57.50	+6.21
36	22	Phillip Tahmindjis	Australia	1:57.59	+6.30
37	9	Nate Mills	United States	1:58.43	+7.14
38	21	Pat Bouchard	Canada	1:59.83	+8.54
39	19	K. C. Boutiette	United States	2:00.59	+9.30
40	9	Paweł Zygmunt	Poland	2:05.21	+13.92
41	16	Lee Jae-Sik	South Korea	2:20.60	+29.31	Fall
-	10	Alessandro De Taddei	Italy	DNF
-	13	Liu Yanfei	China	DNF
-	14	Artur Szafrański	Poland	DNF

References

1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
3. "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
4. "1500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.