Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres


The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 20 February, at the Olympic Oval.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.
DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
20 FebruaryPair 1Eric Flaim1:52.12ORWR
20 FebruaryPair 3André Hoffmann1:52.06ORWR

Results

RankPairLaneAthleteCountryTimeTime behindNotes
3oAndré Hoffmann1:52.06-
1oEric Flaim1:52.12+0.06
4oMichael Hadschieff1:52.31+0.25
46iIgor Zhelezovski1:52.63+0.57
52iToru Aoyanagi1:52.85+0.79
63iAleksandr Klimov1:52.97+0.91
72oNikolay Gulyayev1:53.04+0.98
88oPeter Adeberg1:53.57+1.51
915iGaétan Boucher1:54.18+2.12
105iJean Pichett1:54.63+2.57
1114oMark Greenwald1:54.64+2.58
1216iMike Richmond1:54.95+2.89
1311iClaes Bengtsson1:55.16+3.10
1412iDanny Kah1:55.19+3.13
1510iDave Silk1:55.26+3.20
166oMunehisa Kuroiwa1:55.42+3.36
1711iIm Ri-Bin1:55.55+3.49
1816oBen Lamarche1:55.59+3.53
1920iHans van Helden1:55.61+3.55
2018oJohn Baskfield1:55.88+3.82
215oRolf Falk-Larssen1:55.94+3.88
2220oYoshiyuki Shimizu1:55.98+3.92
2314iGregor Jelonek1:56.37+4.31
2413oHans Magnusson1:56.44+4.38
258iPertti Niittylä1:56.48+4.42
264iHwang Ik-hwan1:56.50+4.44
271iHein Vergeer1:56.63+4.57
2819oHozumi Moriyama1:56.84+4.78
2917iKim Gwan-gyu1:56.85+4.79
309iHansjörg Baltes1:57.08+5.02
3110oLiu Yanfei1:57.38+5.32
3218iPhillip Tahmindjis1:57.63+5.57
339oFrode Syvertsen1:58.37+6.31
3419iJiří Kyncl1:58.44+6.38
357iAndrey Bobrov1:58.97+6.91
3617oJerzy Dominik1:59.03+6.97
3713iJulian Green1:59.41+7.35
3811iCraig McNicoll2:01.89+9.83
3915oBehudin Merdović2:06.11+14.05
-7oJoakim KarlbergDNF--