Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung.[1][2][3] Kjeld Nuis posted a time 0.06 seconds short of the Olympic record and won the gold medal. Patrick Roest won silver, and Kim Min-seok bronze, becoming the first Asian athlete to ever medal in this event.[4] For all three of them, it was their first Olympic race and first Olympic medal. The defending champion Zbigniew Bródka, as well as the 2014 silver, Koen Verweij, and bronze, Denny Morrison, medalists participated in the event but finished outside of the top 10.

Men's 1500 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval
Date13 February 2018
Competitors35 from 19 nations
Medalists
Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands
Patrick Roest  Netherlands
Kim Min-seok  South Korea
Speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen

Records

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

World record Denis Yuskov (RUS)1:41.02Salt Lake City, United States9 December 2017
Olympic record Derek Parra (USA)1:43.95Salt Lake City, United States19 February 2002
Track record Kjeld Nuis (NED)1:44.3612 February 2017

The following records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
13 FebruaryPair 14Kjeld Nuis Netherlands1:44.01TR

Results

The races were held at 20:00.[5]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
14OKjeld Nuis Netherlands1:44.01—TR
4IPatrick Roest Netherlands1:44.86+0.85
15IKim Min-seok South Korea1:44.93+0.92
415OHaralds Silovs Latvia1:45.25+1.24
514ITakuro Oda Japan1:45.44+1.43
610OBart Swings Belgium1:45.49+1.48
717ISindre Henriksen Norway1:45.64+1.63
818OJoey Mantia United States1:45.86+1.85
918ISverre Lunde Pedersen Norway1:46.12+2.11
108OShane Williamson Japan1:46.21+2.20
1116OKoen Verweij Netherlands1:46.26+2.25
1211OZbigniew Bródka Poland1:46.31+2.30
1313ODenny Morrison Canada1:46.36+2.35
149IPeter Michael New Zealand1:46.39+2.38
1511IBrian Hansen United States1:46.44+2.43
1612IJan Szymański Poland1:46.48+2.47
175OJoo Hyong-jun South Korea1:46.65+2.64
187OSergey Trofimov Olympic Athletes from Russia1:46.69+2.68
1910IShani Davis United States1:46.74+2.73
2013IKonrad Niedźwiedzki Poland1:47.07+3.06
2117OVincent De Haître Canada1:47.32+3.31
222OAlexis Contin France1:47.33+3.32
235IMathias Vosté Belgium1:47.34+3.33
243OShota Nakamura Japan1:47.38+3.37
259OLivio Wenger Switzerland1:47.76+3.75
264OReyon Kay New Zealand1:47.81+3.80
2712OAndrea Giovannini Italy1:47.82+3.81
287IFyodor Mezentsev Kazakhstan1:48.23+4.22
296IKonrád Nagy Hungary1:49.01+5.00
303IDenis Kuzin Kazakhstan1:49.14+5.13
318IBen Donnelly Canada1:49.68+5.67
326OXiakaini Aerchenghazi China1:50.16+6.15
331IMarten Liiv Estonia1:50.23+6.22
342ITai William Chinese Taipei1:50.63+6.62
16IAllan Dahl Johansson NorwayDNF

References
  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. Start list
  4. Yonhap (13 February 2018). "S. Korea's Kim Min-seok captures bronze in men's 1,500m speed skating". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "Final results" (PDF). POCOG. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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