Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres speed skating
at the III Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Date5 February 1932
Competitors18 from 6 nations
Winning time2:57.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jack Shea File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Hurd File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willy Logan File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada
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Speed skating at the
1932 Winter Olympics
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The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, February 5, 1932. Eighteen speed skaters from six nations competed. Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Jack Shea
File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States 		Alexander Hurd
File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada 		Willy Logan
File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Winter Olympics.

World Record 2:17.4(*) Norway Oscar Mathisen Davos (SUI) January 18, 1914
Olympic Record 2:20.8 Finland Clas Thunberg Chamonix (FRA) January 27, 1924

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Place Name Time Qual.
1 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Herbert Taylor (USA) 2:49.3 Q
2 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Frank Stack (CAN) Q
3 File:Flag of Norway.svg Bernt Evensen (NOR)
4 File:Flag of Norway.svg Hans Engnestangen (NOR)
5 File:Flag of Finland.svg Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)
6 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tomeju Uruma (JPN)

Heat 2

Place Name Time Qual.
1 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Jack Shea (USA) 2:58.0 Q
2 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Willy Logan (CAN) Q
3 File:Flag of Norway.svg Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
4 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Herbert Flack (CAN)
5 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shozo Ishihara (JPN)
6 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Lloyd Guenther (USA)

In the middle of the heat, the judges suddenly stopped the race. They accused the skaters of 'loafing' and ordered the race rerun.[2] Heat 3

Place Name Time Qual.
1 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Raymond Murray (USA) 2:29.9 Q
2 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Alexander Hurd (CAN) Q
3 File:Flag of Norway.svg Michael Staksrud (NOR)
4 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yasuo Kawamura (JPN)
5 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tokuo Kitani (JPN)
6 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Ingvar Lindberg (SWE)

Final

Place Name Time
1 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Jack Shea (USA) 2:57.5
2 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Alexander Hurd (CAN) 5 m behind
3 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Willy Logan (CAN) 6 m behind
4 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Frank Stack (CAN)
5 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Raymond Murray (USA)
6 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Herbert Taylor (USA)

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 591. ISBN 0140066322.

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