Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres explained

Event:Men's 1500 metres
Games:2002 Winter
Venue:Utah Olympic Oval
Dates:February 19
Competitors:48
Nations:17
Longnames:yes
Win Value:1:43.95 WR
Gold:Derek Parra
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Jochem Uytdehaage
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Ådne Søndrål
Bronzenoc:NOR
Prev:1998
Next:2006

The men's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]

In reverse order of the 5000 metres, Jochem Uytdehaage first broke the world record, only to see it bettered by Derek Parra, who won the third US skating gold of the Games. He was the first Mexican-American to medal in a winter sport.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
19 February Pair 1 1:45.98 OR
19 February Pair 5 1:45.51 OR
19 February Pair 9 1:44.57 OR WR
19 February Pair 21 1:43.95 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
21 O 1:43.95
9 O 1:44.57 +0.62
23 O 1:45.26 +1.31
4 23 I 1:45.34 +1.39
5 16 O 1:45.41 +1.46
6 5 O 1:45.51 +1.56
7 15 O 1:45.63 +1.68
8 18 I 1:45.82 +1.87
9 14 I 1:45.86 +1.91
10 14 O 1:45.97 +2.02
11 1 O 1:45.98 +2.03
12 22 O 1:46.00 +2.05
13 9 I1:46.04 +2.09
14 19 O 1:46.29 +2.34
15 18 I 1:46.38 +2.43
16 8 O 1:46.40 +2.45
17 24 O 1:46.75 +2.80
18 21 I 1:46.99 +3.04
19 1 I 1:47.04 +3.09
20 22 I 1:47.21 +3.26
21 20 O 1:47.26 +3.31
22 16 I 1:47.63 +3.68
23 13 I 1:47.64 +3.69
24 17 I 1:47.72 +3.77
25 19 I 1:47.78 +3.83
26 5 I 1:47.83 +3.88
27 4 I 1:48.02 +4.07
28 12 I 1:48.13 +4.18
29 2 I 1:48.20 +4.25
30 15 I 1:48.27 +4.32
31 3 O 1:48.40 +4.45
32 20 I 1:48.57 +4.62
33 4 O 1:48.58 +4.63
34 24 I 1:48.76 +4.81
35 2 I 1:49.24 +5.29
36 11 I 1:49.42 +5.47
37 11 O 1:49.45 +5.50
38 6 I 1:49.50 +5.55
39 12 O 1:49.57 +5.62
40 10 I 1:50.15 +6.20
41 17 O 1:50.26 +6.31
42 10 O 1:50.70 +6.75
43 3 I 1:51.02 +7.07
43 8 I 1:51.02 +7.07
45 7 O 1:51.81 +7.86
46 6 O 1:52.01 +8.06
47 7 O 1:52.87 +8.92
48 13 O DNF

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224924/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 7 November 2019.