Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Men's 500 metres speed skating

| games = 1960 Winter

| image = Speed skating pictogram.svg

| image_size = 80px

| caption = Pictogram for speed skating

| alt = Refer to caption

| venue = Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink

| date = 26 February 1960

| competitors = 48

| nations = 16

| win_value = 2:10.4

| gold = Roald Aas

| goldNOC = NOR

| gold2 = Yevgeny Grishin

| goldNOC2 = URS

| bronze = Boris Stenin

| bronzeNOC = URS

| prev = 1956

| next = 1964

}}

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Friday, February 26, 1960. Forty-eight speed skaters from 16 nations competed.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034803/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=27 October 2019}}

Medalists

|no silver awarded as there was a tie for gold

|{{flagIOCathlete|Boris Stenin|URS|1960 Winter}}

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.

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World record \| 2:06.3(*) \| {{flagicon\|FIN}} Juhani Järvinen \| Squaw Valley/Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink (USA) \| March 1, 1959
rowspan=2\| Olympic record \| 2:08.6(**) \| {{flagicon\|URS}} Yevgeny Grishin \| Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) \| January 30, 1956
2:08.6(**) \| {{flagicon\|URS}} Yuri Mikhaylov \| Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) \| January 30, 1956

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World record

| 2:06.3(*)

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Juhani Järvinen

| Squaw Valley/Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink (USA)

| March 1, 1959

rowspan=2| Olympic record

| 2:08.6(**)

| {{flagicon|URS}} Yevgeny Grishin

| Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA)

| January 30, 1956

2:08.6(**)

| {{flagicon|URS}} Yuri Mikhaylov

| Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA)

| January 30, 1956

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

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

Results

Yevgeny Grishin who was the first speed skater to defend his 500 metres Olympic title was also able to repeat his win in the 1500 metres event. In 1956 he shared the win with fellow countryman Yuri Mikhaylov. This time Grishin tied with Roald Aas. Grishin was the second speed skater to win two gold medals in 1500 metres competitions after Clas Thunberg won in 1924 and 1928.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Place!!Speed skater!!Time
bgcolor=gold \|rowspan=2\| 1	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Roald Aas\|NOR\|1960 Winter}}	2:10.4
bgcolor=gold \|align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Yevgeny Grishin\|URS\|1960 Winter}}	2:10.4
bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Boris Stenin\|URS\|1960 Winter}}	2:11.5
4	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Jouko Jokinen\|FIN\|1960 Winter}}	2:12.0
rowspan=2\|5	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Juhani Järvinen\|FIN\|1960 Winter}}	2:13.1
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Per-Olof Brogren\|SWE\|1960 Winter}}	2:13,1
7	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Toivo Salonen\|FIN\|1960 Winter}}	2:13,1
8	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|André Kouprianoff\|FRA\|1960 Winter}}	2:13.3
9	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Helmut Kuhnert\|EUA\|1960 Winter}}	2:13.6
10	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Raymond Gilloz\|FRA\|1960 Winter}}	2:14.2
11	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Knut Johannesen\|NOR\|1960 Winter}}	2:14.5
12	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Gennadi Voronin\|URS\|1960 Winter}}	2:14.7
13	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Kurt Stille\|DEN\|1960 Winter}}	2:15.8
14	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Colin Hickey\|AUS\|1960 Winter}}	2:16.1
rowspan=2\| 15	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Wim de Graaff\|NED\|1960 Winter}}	2:16.5
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Gunnar Sjölin\|SWE\|1960 Winter}}	2:16.5
17	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Dick Hunt\|USA\|1960 Winter}}	2:17.7
rowspan=2\| 18	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Olle Dahlberg\|SWE\|1960 Winter}}	2:18.3
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Manfred Schüler\|EUA\|1960 Winter}}	2:18.3
20	Align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Mario Gios\|ITA\|1960 Winter}}	2:18.6
21	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Fumio Nagakubo\|JPN\|1960 Winter}}	2:18.7
22	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Floyd Bedbury\|USA\|1960 Winter}}	2:18.9
23	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Keijo Tapiovaara\|FIN\|1960 Winter}}	2:19.2
24	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Hermann Strutz\|AUT\|1960 Winter}}	2:19.4
25	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Antonio Nitto\|ITA\|1960 Winter}}	2:19.6
26	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Terry Monaghan\|GBR\|1960 Winter}}	2:19.9
27	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Renato De Riva\|ITA\|1960 Winter}}	2:20.6
28	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Bo Karenus\|SWE\|1960 Winter}}	2:21.1
rowspan=2\| 29	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Yoshitaki Hori\|JPN\|1960 Winter}}	2:21.7
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Keith Meyer\|USA\|1960 Winter}}	2:21.7
rowspan=2\| 31	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Harald Norden\|EUA\|1960 Winter}}	2:22.1
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Lev Zaytsev\|URS\|1960 Winter}}	2:22.1
33	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Takeo Mizoo\|JPN\|1960 Winter}}	2:22.6
34	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Shuji Kobayashi\|JPN\|1960 Winter}}	2:23.0
35	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Eddie Rudolph\|USA\|1960 Winter}}	2:23.1
36	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Ralf Olin\|CAN\|1960 Winter}}	2:23.5
37	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Roy Tutty\|AUS\|1960 Winter}}	2:23.8
38	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Günther Tilch\|EUA\|1960 Winter}}	2:24.8
39	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Hroar Elvenes\|NOR\|1960 Winter}}	2:24.9
40	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Terry Malkin\|GBR\|1960 Winter}}	2:25.0
41	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Jang Yeong\|KOR\|1960 Winter}}	2:25.3
42	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Choi Yeong-bae\|KOR\|1960 Winter}}	2:26.7
43	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Johnny Sands\|CAN\|1960 Winter}}	2:28.4
44	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Jang In-won\|KOR\|1960 Winter}}	2:30.7
45	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Larry Mason\|CAN\|1960 Winter}}	2:35.3
rowspan=3\| —	align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Nils Aaness\|NOR\|1960 Winter}}	DNF
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Henk van der Grift\|NED\|1960 Winter}}	DNF
align=left\| {{flagIOCathlete\|Franz Offenberger\|AUT\|1960 Winter}}	DNF

References

External links

[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/1960w.pdf Official Olympic Report]
{{cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=og&year=1960&event=1500|title=Results of the 1960 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|accessdate=27 August 2012}}

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