Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date27 January 1924
Competitors22 from 9 nations
Winning time2:20.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sigurd Moen  Norway
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The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-seven speed skaters from ten nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from nine nations competed.[1] The Finnish athlete Asser Wallenius fell and did not finish the race.[2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Clas Thunberg
 Finland 		Roald Larsen
 Norway 		Sigurd Moen
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record  Oscar Mathisen (NOR) 2:17.4 Kristiania, Norway 17 January 1914 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
27 January 1924 Pair 1 André Gegout  France 2:54.4 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 4 Clas Thunberg  Finland 2:20.8 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 10 Léonhard Quaglia  France 2:37.0 NR

Results

The event was held Sunday at midday.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Clas Thunberg  Finland 2:20.8 — OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Roald Larsen  Norway 2:22.0 +1.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Sigurd Moen  Norway 2:25.6 +3.8
4 12 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 2:26.6 +4.8
5 12 Harald Strøm  Norway 2:29.0 +8.2
6 11 Oskar Olsen  Norway 2:29.2 +8.4
7 16 Harry Kaskey  United States 2:29.8 +9.0 [b]
=8 11 Charles Jewtraw  United States 2:31.6 +10.8
13 Joe Moore  United States
10 10 Alberts Rumba  Latvia 2:32.0 +11.2
11 13 Charles Gorman  Canada 2:35.4 +14.6
12 8 Bill Steinmetz  United States 2:36.0 +15.2
13 9 Axel Blomqvist  Sweden 2:36.4 +15.6
14 10 Léonhard Quaglia  France 2:37.0 +16.2 NR
15 15 Leon Jucewicz  Poland 2:42.6 +21.8 [c]
16 1 André Gegout  France 2:54.4 +33.6 OR
17 2 Gaston Van Hazebroeck  Belgium 2:54.8 +34.0
18 2 George de Wilde  France 2:55.0 +34.2
19 1 Louis De Ridder  Belgium 3:01.8 +41.0
20 15 Philippe Van Volckxsom  Belgium 3:14.6 +53.8 [d]
21 16 Marcel Moens  Belgium 3:16.8 +56.0 [e]
9 Asser Wallenius  Finland DNF
3 Cyril Horn  Great Britain DNS
5 Frederick Dix  Great Britain DNS
6 Bernard Sutton  Great Britain DNS
7 Eric Blomgren  Sweden DNS
14 Albert Hassler  France DNS

Notes

  1. ^ The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Blomgren[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 14 with Hassler[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 5 with Dix[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 6 with Sutton[2]

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Oscar Mathisen, 4 October 1888". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

External links

  • Official Olympic Report
  • "Results of the 1924 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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