Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Men's 1500 metres speed skating

| games = 1952 Winter

| image = Speed skating pictogram.svg

| image_size = 80px

| caption = Pictogram for speed skating

| alt = Refer to caption

| venue = Bislett Stadium

| date = 18 February 1952

| competitors = 39

| nations = 13

| win_value = 2:20.4

| gold = Hjalmar Andersen

| goldNOC = NOR

| silver = Wim van der Voort

| silverNOC = NED

| bronze = Roald Aas

| bronzeNOC = NOR

| prev = 1948

| next = 1956

}}

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, 18 February 1952 at 5 p.m. Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034139/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=25 October 2019}}

Medalists

style="width:12em"|{{flagIOCmedalist|Hjalmar Andersen|NOR|1952 Winter}}

|style="width:12em"|{{flagIOCmedalist|Wim van der Voort|NED|1952 Winter}}

|style="width:12em"|{{flagIOCmedalist|Roald Aas|NOR|1952 Winter}}

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

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World Record \| 2:12.9(*) \| {{flagicon\|URS}} Valentin Chaikin \| Medeo (URS) \| 20 January 1952
Olympic Record \| 2:17.6(*) \| {{flagicon\|NOR}} Sverre Farstad \| St. Moritz (SUI) \| 2 February 1948

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World Record

| 2:12.9(*)

| {{flagicon|URS}} Valentin Chaikin

| Medeo (URS)

| 20 January 1952

Olympic Record

| 2:17.6(*)

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Sverre Farstad

| St. Moritz (SUI)

| 2 February 1948

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

The current world record holder Valentin Chaikin did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Place!!Speed skater!!Time
bgcolor=gold \| 1	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Hjalmar Andersen\|NOR\|1952 Winter}}	2:20.4
bgcolor=silver \| 2	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Wim van der Voort\|NED\|1952 Winter}}	2:20.6
bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Roald Aas\|NOR\|1952 Winter}}	2:21.6
4	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Carl-Erik Asplund\|SWE\|1952 Winter}}	2:22.6
5	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Kees Broekman\|NED\|1952 Winter}}	2:22.8
6	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Lassi Parkkinen\|FIN\|1952 Winter}}	2:23.0
7	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Kauko Salomaa\|FIN\|1952 Winter}}	2:23.3
rowspan=2\| 8	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Sigvard Ericsson\|SWE\|1952 Winter}}	2:23.4
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Ivar Martinsen\|NOR\|1952 Winter}}	2:23.4
10	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Ferenc Lőrincz\|HUN\|1952 Winter}}	2:23.7
11	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Tsuneo Sato\|JPN\|1952 Winter}}	2:23.9
rowspan=2\| 12	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Gerard Maarse\|NED\|1952 Winter}}	2:24.3
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Johnny Werket\|USA\|1952 Winter}}	2:24.3
14	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Norman Holwell\|GBR\|1952 Winter}}	2:24.5
15	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Nic Stene\|NOR\|1952 Winter}}	2:24.8
rowspan=2\| 16	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Craig MacKay\|CAN\|1952 Winter}}	2:25.0
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Ken Henry\|USA\|1952 Winter}}	2:25.0
18	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Pat McNamara\|USA\|1952 Winter}}	2:25.5
19	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Gunnar Ström\|SWE\|1952 Winter}}	2:25.8
20	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Franz Offenberger\|AUT\|1952 Winter}}	2:25.9
21	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|József Merényi\|HUN\|1952 Winter}}	2:26.1
22	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Arthur Mannsbarth\|AUT\|1952 Winter}}	2:26.6
23	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Masanori Aoki\|JPN\|1952 Winter}}	2:26.9
24	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Kalevi Laitinen\|FIN\|1952 Winter}}	2:27.1
25	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Toivo Salonen\|FIN\|1952 Winter}}	2:27.4
rowspan=2\| 26	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Cockie van der Elst\|NED\|1952 Winter}}	2:27.6
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|John Wickström\|SWE\|1952 Winter}}	2:27.6
28	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Don McDermott\|USA\|1952 Winter}}	2:28.8
29	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Ralf Olin\|CAN\|1952 Winter}}	2:29.3
30	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Colin Hickey\|AUS\|1952 Winter}}	2:30.4
31	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Enrico Musolino\|ITA\|1952 Winter}}	2:30.7
32	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Guido Citterio\|ITA\|1952 Winter}}	2:30.8
33	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Sukenobu Kudo\|JPN\|1952 Winter}}	2:31.6
34	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Kiyotaka Takabayashi\|JPN\|1952 Winter}}	2:32.0
35	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Bill Jones\|GBR\|1952 Winter}}	2:32.2
36	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Konrad Pecher\|AUT\|1952 Winter}}	2:34.8
37	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Robert Laboubée\|BEL\|1952 Winter}}	2:36.4
38	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|John Hearn\|GBR\|1952 Winter}}	2:40.1
39	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Jean Massez\|BEL\|1952 Winter}}	2:43.8

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155854/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/or1952w.pdf Official Olympic Report]
{{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=og&year=1952&event=1500|title=Results of the 1952 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|accessdate=27 August 2012}}

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