Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 1500 metres

|games = 1998 Winter

|image = Speed skating pictogram.svg

|image_size = 50px

|caption = Pictogram for speed skating

|venue = M-Wave

|dates = 12 February 1998

|competitors = 45

|nations = 18

|win_value = 1:47.87 WR

|longnames = yes

|gold = Ådne Søndrål

|goldNOC = NOR

|silver = Ids Postma

|silverNOC = NED

|bronze = Rintje Ritsma

|bronzeNOC = NED

|prev =1994

|next =2002

}}

The Men's 1500 Metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the M-Wave arena.{{cite web

|title=Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3

|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf

|publisher=LA84 Foundation

|work=Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee

|year=1998

|accessdate=29 January 2014

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf

|archivedate=26 February 2008

}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=5 November 2019}}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:{{cite web

| title = ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records

| url = http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D103171&SportID%3D103&RecordtypeID%3D10&StadiumID%3D-1&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html?328731

| work = International Skating Union

| accessdate = 29 January 2014}}{{cite web

| title = ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records

| url = http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D103171&SportID%3D103&RecordtypeID%3D3&StadiumID%3D-1&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html?317012

| work = International Skating Union

| accessdate = 29 January 2014}}

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Rintje Ritsma|NED}}

| world_mark = 1:48.88

| world_place = Heerenveen, Netherlands

| world_date = 20 December 1997

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Johann Olav Koss|NOR|1994 Winter}}

| olympic_mark = 1:51.29

| olympic_place = Hamar, Norway

| olympic_date = 16 February 1994

}}

Due to the use of clap skates in comparison to the previous Olympics, the Olympic record got broken considerably and the following new world and olympic records were set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
12 February	Pair 2	align=left\| Christian Breuer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.96	OR
12 February	Pair 6	align=left\| Hiroyuki Noake	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.49	OR
12 February	Pair 18	align=left\| K. C. Boutiette	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.06	OR
12 February	Pair 21	align=left\| Jan Bos	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1998 Winter}}	1:49.75	OR
12 February	Pair 22	align=left\| Ådne Søndrål	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:47.87	OR	WR

Results

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold1}}	22	I	align=left\| Ådne Søndrål	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:47.87	-	WR
{{silver2}}	22	O	align=left\| Ids Postma	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1998 Winter}}	1:48.13	+0.26
{{bronze3}}	23	O	align=left\| Rintje Ritsma	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1998 Winter}}	1:48.52	+0.65
4	21	I	align=left\| Jan Bos	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1998 Winter}}	1:49.75	+1.88
5	18	I	align=left\| K. C. Boutiette	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.04	+2.17
6	20	O	align=left\| Martin Hersman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.31	+2.44
7	17	O	align=left\| Hiroyuki Noake	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.49	+2.62
8	18	O	align=left\| Toru Aoyanagi	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.68	+2.81
9	2	O	align=left\| Christian Breuer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.96	+3.09
10	14	I	align=left\| Andrey Anufriyenko	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1998 Winter}}	1:50.99	+3.12
11	10	O	align=left\| Vadim Sayutin	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.31	+3.44
12	12	O	align=left\| Choi Jae-bong	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.47	+3.60
13	16	I	align=left\| Peter Adeberg	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.50	+3.63
14	13	O	align=left\| Dmitry Shepel	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.64	+3.77
15	14	O	align=left\| Cheon Ju-hyeon	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.65	+3.78
16	16	O	align=left\| Yusuke Imai	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.70	+3.83
17	9	I	align=left\| Bart Veldkamp	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BEL\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.73	+3.86
18	5	O	align=left\| Marnix ten Kortenaar	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUT\|1998 Winter}}	1:51.94	+4.07
19	7	I	align=left\| Sergey Tsybenko	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.03	+4.16
20	23	I	align=left\| Kevin Overland	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.07	+4.20
21	19	I	align=left\| Keiji Shirahata	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.23	+4.36
22	4	O	align=left\| Alexander Kibalko	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.27	+4.40
23	13	I	align=left\| Davide Carta	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.44	+4.57
24	15	O	align=left\| Ermanno Ioriatti	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.45	+4.58
25	21	O	align=left\| Steven Elm	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.70	+4.83
26	20	I	align=left\| Kevin Marshall	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.77	+4.90
27	10	I	align=left\| Radik Bikchentayev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.87	+5.00
28	5	I	align=left\| Steinar Johansen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.88	+5.01
29	11	O	align=left\| Brigt Rykkje	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.91	+5.04
30	19	O	align=left\| Neal Marshall	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1998 Winter}}	1:52.93	+5.06
31	3	I	align=left\| Casey FitzRandolph	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1998 Winter}}	1:53.26	+5.39
32	15	I	align=left\| Cory Carpenter	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1998 Winter}}	1:53.50	+5.63
33	8	O	align=left\| Frank Dittrich	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1998 Winter}}	1:53.64	+5.77
34	3	O	align=left\| Paweł Zygmunt	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1998 Winter}}	1:53.73	+5.86
35	17	I	align=left\| Dave Tamburrino	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1998 Winter}}	1:54.19	+6.32
36	11	I	align=left\| Wan Chunbo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1998 Winter}}	1:54.64	+6.77
37	12	I	align=left\| Cédric Kuentz	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1998 Winter}}	1:54.78	+6.91
38	6	I	align=left\| René Taubenrauch	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1998 Winter}}	1:54.91	+7.04
39	2	I	align=left\| Jeong Jin-uk	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KOR\|1998 Winter}}	1:55.02	+7.15
40	9	O	align=left\| Andrew Nicholson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1998 Winter}}	1:55.06	+7.19
41	1	I	align=left\| Sergey Kaznacheyev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1998 Winter}}	1:55.22	+7.35
42	6	O	align=left\| Zsolt Baló	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1998 Winter}}	1:55.52	+7.65
43	8	I	align=left\| Feng Qingbo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1998 Winter}}	1:56.45	+8.58
44	4	I	align=left\| Dezideriu Horvath	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1998 Winter}}	1:57.35	+9.48

References

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