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

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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[edit]

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

Records[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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[edit]

  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.

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