Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1000 metres
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates:	12 February
Competitors:	31
Nations:	16
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	1:19.32
Gold:	Peter Mueller
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Jørn Didriksen
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Valery Muratov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Next:	1980

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^{[3] [4]}

The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
12 February	Pair 1			1:21.23	OR
12 February	Pair 2			1:19.32	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	2	i			1:19.32		OR
	5	i			1:20.45
	8	o			1:20.57
4	9	i			1:20.84
5	6	i			1:20.85
6	1	o			1:21.23
7	8	i			1:21.27
8	3	i			1:21.43
9	1	i			1:21.48
10	7	i			1:21.67
11	4	i			1:21.72
12	10	i			1:21.74
13	10	o			1:22.63
14	7	o			1:22.83
15	6	o			1:22.88
16	12	i			1:22.92
17	2	o			1:22.99
18	12	o			1:23.00
19	13	i			1:23.40
20	9	o			1:23.88
21	4	o			1:24.00
22	15	i			1:24.71
23	11	o			1:25.06
24	13	i			1:25.91
25	5	o			1:26.50
26	11	i			1:26.54
27	13	o			1:26.75
28	16	o			1:27.37
29	15	o			1:27.57
30	14	o			1:29.42
31	16	i			1:30.27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976. LA84 Foundation. Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. 1976. 29 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181712/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/SSK/mens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 31 October 2019.
3. Web site: 1000m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. 5 November 2016.
4. Web site: 1000m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. 5 November 2016.