Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres


The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
DateAthleteTimeORWR
16 February2:03.4OR

Results

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Kees Verkerk2:03.4OR
Ivar Eriksen2:05.0
Ard Schenk2:05.0
4Magne Thomassen2:05.1
5Johnny Höglin2:05.2
5Bjørn Tveter2:05.2
7Svein-Erik Stiansen2:05.5
8Eduard Matusevich2:06.1
9Peter Nottet2:06.3
10Örjan Sandler2:07.0
11Aleksandr Kerchenko2:07.1
12Ants Antson2:07.2
12Valery Kaplan2:07.2
14Jouko Launonen2:07.5
15Günter Traub2:07.7
16Jan Bols2:07.8
16Manne Lavås2:07.8
18Kimmo Koskinen2:07.9
19Richard Wurster2:08.4
20Göran Claeson2:08.6
21Olavi Hjellman2:10.1
22Jürgen Traub2:10.2
23Wayne LeBombard2:11.2
24Raimo Hietala2:11.7
24Bill Lanigan2:11.7
26Bob Hodges2:12.0
27György Martos2:12.2
28John Tipper2:12.4
29György Ivánkai2:12.6
30Tadao Ishihata2:12.7
31Keiichi Suzuki2:13.1
32Giancarlo Gloder2:13.2
33Elio Locatelli2:13.3
34Roger Capan2:13.6
34Renato De Riva2:13.6
36Michel Thépénier2:13.7
37François Perrenoud2:14.0
38Guido Gillarduzzi2:14.1
39Otmar Braunecker2:14.4
40Mutsuhiko Maeda2:14.8
40Hermann Strutz2:14.8
40Masaki Suzuki2:14.8
43Geoff Stockdale2:15.6
44Erich Korbel2:15.7
45Mihály Martos2:15.8
46Pete Williamson2:16.0
47Hansruedi Widmer2:16.1
48Franz Krienbühl2:16.3
49Colin Coates2:16.7
49Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam2:16.7
51Lee Ik-hwan2:17.5
52Büjiin Jalbaa2:18.0
53David Bodington2:19.1