Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres


The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
DatePairAthleteTimeORWR
21 FebruaryPair 11:57.95OR
21 FebruaryPair 41:55.44OR

Results

RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behindNotes
4oEric Heiden1:55.44
4iKay Arne Stenshjemmet1:56.81
5oTerje Andersen1:56.92
48oAndreas Dietel1:57.14
56iYury Kondakov1:57.36
61iJan Egil Storholt1:57.95
72oTomas Gustafson1:58.18
83oVladimir Lobanov1:59.30
910oAndreas Ehrig1:59.47
92iYevhen Solunskiy1:59.47
119iHilbert van der Duim1:59.49
129oHerbert Schwarz1:59.58
1311iBert de Jong1:59.83
147oPertti Niittylä2:00.01
1518iGaétan Boucher2:00.15
1611oUlf Ekstrand2:00.23
175iTom Plant2:00.57
186oCraig Kressler2:00.60
191oMasahiko Yamamoto2:01.25
203iMasayuki Kawahara2:01.28
2110iJan Junell2:02.11
227iLee Yeong-Ha2:02.37
2314iCraig Webster2:02.41
2412iYasuhiro Shimizu2:04.54
2515iZhao Weichang2:05.48+10.04
2616iNa Yun-su2:06.65+11.21
2717oJacques Thibault2:06.79+11.35
2817iMaurizio Marchetto2:07.45+12.01
2914oGuo Chengjiang2:08.33+12.89
3012oLi Huchun2:10.00+14.56
3115oTömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa2:11.51+16.07
3213oMike Richmond2:13.40+17.96
3316oGeoff Sandys2:15.06+19.62
3413iAlan Luke2:17.79+22.35
3518iDorjiin Tsenddoo2:19.30+23.86
-8iYep KramerDNF-