Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metres
Games:	1984 Winter
Venue:	Zetra Ice Rink
Dates:	16 February
Competitors:	40
Nations:	20
Win Value:	1:58.36
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Gaétan Boucher
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Sergey Khlebnikov
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Oleg Bozhev
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind
	8	o			1:58.36	-
	2	o			1:58.83	+0.47
	5	i			1:58.89	+0.53
4	5	o			1:59.39	+1.03
5	8	i			1:59.41	+1.05
6	14	i			1:59.73	+1.37
7	4	i			1:59.77	+1.41
8	4	o			1:59.81	+1.45
9	11	o			2:00.01	+1.65
10	6	o			2:00.14	+1.78
11	3	o			2:00.23	+1.87
12	1	i			2:00.59	+2.23
	3	i			2:00.59	+2.23
14	7	o			2:00.77	+2.41
15	9	o			2:01.03	+2.67
16	2	i			2:01.26	+2.90
17	6	i			2:01.65	+3.29
18	10	i			2:02.04	+3.68
19	9	i			2:02.05	+3.69
20	10	o			2:02.06	+3.70
21	12	o			2:02.20	+3.84
22	19	i			2:02.38	+4.02
23	18	i			2:02.45	+4.09
24	11	i			2:02.55	+4.19
25	1	o			2:02.64	+4.28
26	18	o			2:02.68	+4.32
27	19	o			2:03.13	+4.77
28	17	o			2:03.18	+4.82
29	7	i			2:03.72	+5.36
30	15	i			2:03.90	+5.54
31	17	i			2:03.93	+5.57
32	16	i			2:04.18	+5.82
33	20	o			2:04.26	+5.90
34	13	i			2:04.62	+6.26
35	13	o			2:04.97	+6.61
36	16	o			2:06.80	+8.44
37	12	i			2:08.13	+9.77
38	20	i			2:08.38	+10.02
39	14	o			2:13.25	+14.89
40	15	o			2:19.25	+20.89

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarajevo 1984 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. 1984. 29 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181708/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 2 November 2019.
3. Web site: 1500m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. 2 November 2016.
4. Web site: 1500m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. 2 November 2016.