Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
April 13, 2024
The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina. It was held on Monday, 30 January 1956, started at 2 PM and ended at 4:05 PM. Fifty-four speed skaters from 18 nations competed.[1]
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Skating in the first pair, Toivo Salonen set a new Olympic record with 2:09.4 minutes. Yevgeny Grishin, who skated in the eleventh pair, bettered the world record with 2:08.6 minutes. In the twelfth pair, Yuri Mikhaylov was able to equalize the world record.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
External linksedit
Official Olympic Report
"Results of the 1956 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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speed, skating, 1956, winter, olympics, 1500, metres, 1500, metres, speed, skating, event, part, speed, skating, 1956, winter, olympics, programme, competition, held, naturally, frozen, lake, misurina, held, monday, january, 1956, started, ended, fifty, four, . The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina It was held on Monday 30 January 1956 started at 2 PM and ended at 4 05 PM Fifty four speed skaters from 18 nations competed 1 Men s 1500 metres speed skatingat the VII Olympic Winter GamesPictogram for speed skatingVenueLake MisurinaDate30 January 1956Competitors54 from 18 nationsWinning time2 08 6 WRMedalistsYevgeny Grishin Soviet UnionYuri Mikhaylov Soviet UnionToivo Salonen Finland 19521960 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Records 3 Results 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksMedalists editThere was no silver medalist as Soviet competitors Yevgeny Grishin and Yuri Mikhaylov tied for first place Toivo Salonen from Finland won the bronze medal Gold Silver BronzeYevgeny Grishin nbsp Soviet UnionYuri Mikhaylov nbsp Soviet Union Toivo Salonen nbsp FinlandRecords editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in minutes prior to the 1956 Winter Olympics World record 2 09 1 nbsp Yuri Mikhaylov Davos SUI 20 January 1956Olympic record 2 17 6 nbsp Sverre Farstad St Moritz SUI 2 February 1948 The record was set in a high altitude venue more than 1000 metres above sea level and on naturally frozen ice Skating in the first pair Toivo Salonen set a new Olympic record with 2 09 4 minutes Yevgeny Grishin who skated in the eleventh pair bettered the world record with 2 08 6 minutes In the twelfth pair Yuri Mikhaylov was able to equalize the world record Results editPlace Speed skater Time1 nbsp Yevgeny Grishin URS 2 08 6 WR nbsp Yuri Mikhaylov URS 2 08 6 WR3 nbsp Toivo Salonen FIN 2 09 44 nbsp Juhani Jarvinen FIN 2 09 75 nbsp Robert Merkulov URS 2 10 36 nbsp Sigvard Ericsson SWE 2 11 07 nbsp Colin Hickey AUS 2 11 88 nbsp Boris Shilkov URS 2 11 99 nbsp Knut Johannesen NOR 2 12 210 nbsp Roald Aas NOR 2 12 911 nbsp Bertil Eng SWE 2 13 1 nbsp Wim de Graaff NED 2 13 1 nbsp Gerard Maarse NED 2 13 114 nbsp Kees Broekman NED 2 13 115 nbsp Bohumil Jauris TCH 2 13 616 nbsp Jan Kristiansen NOR 2 13 717 nbsp Bengt Malmsten SWE 2 14 618 nbsp Matti Hamberg FIN 2 14 819 nbsp Johnny Cronshey GBR 2 15 020 nbsp Pat McNamara USA 2 15 221 nbsp Taketsugu Asazaka JPN 2 15 422 nbsp Gunnar Strom SWE 2 15 623 nbsp Yoshitaki Hori JPN 2 15 924 nbsp Hroar Elvenes NOR 2 16 025 nbsp Johnny Werket USA 2 16 126 nbsp Leo Tynkkynen FIN 2 16 227 nbsp Guido Citterio ITA 2 16 5 nbsp Vladimir Kolar TCH 2 16 529 nbsp Jang Yeong KOR 2 16 730 nbsp Gene Sandvig USA 2 17 131 nbsp Franz Offenberger AUT 2 17 332 nbsp Arthur Mannsbarth AUT 2 17 433 nbsp John Hearn GBR 2 17 534 nbsp Raymond Gilloz FRA 2 17 735 nbsp Hans Keller EUA 2 18 136 nbsp Shinkichi Takemura JPN 2 18 337 nbsp Don McDermott USA 2 18 638 nbsp Kurt Eminger AUT 2 19 039 nbsp Jaroslav Doubek TCH 2 19 2 nbsp Yoshiyasu Gomi JPN 2 19 241 nbsp Ralf Olin CAN 2 19 742 nbsp Guido Caroli ITA 2 20 0 nbsp Jo Yun Sik KOR 2 20 044 nbsp Kim Jong sun KOR 2 20 545 nbsp Johnny Sands CAN 2 20 746 nbsp Jurg Rohrbach SUI 2 21 7 nbsp Erich Kull SUI 2 21 748 nbsp Remo Tomasi ITA 2 22 249 nbsp Nico Olsthoorn NED 2 22 650 nbsp Alex Connell GBR 2 23 051 nbsp Ernst Biel AUT 2 23 5 nbsp Pyeon Chang nam KOR 2 23 553 nbsp Gordon Audley CAN 2 26 1 nbsp Pierre Huylebroeck BEL DNFKees Broekman was placed 14th because he was paired up with Bertil Eng and finished behind his opponent Pierre Huylebroeck did not finish after a fall See also edit nbsp Olympic Games portalList of IOC country codes 1956 Winter OlympicsReferences edit Speed Skating at the 1956 Cortina d Ampezzo Winter Games Men s 1 500 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 26 October 2019 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Results of the 1956 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men SpeedSkatingStats com Retrieved 27 August 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics Men 27s 1500 metres amp oldid 1162243963, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,