Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres explained

Event:Men's 1500 metres speed skating
Games:1956 Winter
Venue:Lake Misurina
Date:30 January 1956
Competitors:54
Nations:18
Longnames:yes
Win Value:2:08.6 WR
Gold:Yevgeny Grishin
Goldnoc:URS
Gold2:Yuri Mikhaylov
Goldnoc2:URS
Bronze:Toivo Salonen
Bronzenoc:FIN
Prev:1952
Next:1960

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina. It was held on Monday, 30 January 1956, started at 2 PM and ended at 4:05 PM. Fifty-four speed skaters from 18 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

There was no silver medalist as Soviet competitors Yevgeny Grishin and Yuri Mikhaylov tied for first place. Toivo Salonen from Finland won the bronze medal.


Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1956 Winter Olympics.

World record2:09.1(*) Yuri MikhaylovDavos (SUI)20 January 1956
Olympic record2:17.6(*) Sverre FarstadSt. 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.

Skating in the first pair, Toivo Salonen set a new Olympic record with 2:09.4 minutes. Yevgeny Grishin, who skated in the eleventh pair, bettered the world record with 2:08.6 minutes. In the twelfth pair, Yuri Mikhaylov was able to equalize the world record.

Results

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1 2:08.6 WR
2:08.6 WR
3 2:09.4
4 2:09.7
5 2:10.3
6 2:11.0
7 2:11.8
8 2:11.9
9 2:12.2
10 2:12.9
11 2:13.1
2:13.1
2:13.1
14 2:13.1
15 2:13.6
16 2:13.7
17 2:14.6
18 2:14.8
19 2:15.0
20 2:15.2
21 2:15.4
22 Align=left2:15.6
23 2:15.9
24 2:16.0
25 2:16.1
26 2:16.2
27 2:16.5
2:16.5
29 2:16.7
30 2:17.1
31 2:17.3
32 2:17.4
33 2:17.5
34 2:17.7
35 2:18.1
36 2:18.3
37 2:18.6
38 2:19.0
39 2:19.2
2:19.2
41 2:19.7
42 2:20.0
2:20.0
44 2:20.5
45 2:20.7
46 2:21.7
2:21.7
48 2:22.2
49 2:22.6
50 2:23.0
51 2:23.5
2:23.5
53 2:26.1
DNF

Kees Broekman was placed 14th because he was paired up with Bertil Eng and finished behind his opponent.

Pierre Huylebroeck did not finish after a fall.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034804/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 October 2019.