The 1500 metres speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, five speed skating events were contested, all for men. The competitions were held on Saturday, January 26, 1924 and on Sunday, January 27, 1924....

 programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924.

Twenty-two speed skaters from nine nations competed.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	2:17.4(*)	Oscar Mathisen Oscar Mathisen Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation...	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...  (SUI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... )	January 18, 1914
Olympic Record		-

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

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1		2:20.8
2		2:22.0
3		2:25.6
4		2:26.6
5		2:29.0
6		2:29.2
7		2:29.8
8		2:31.6
		2:31.6
10		2:32.0
11		2:35.4
12		2:36.0
13		2:36.4
14		2:37.0
15		2:42.6
16		2:54.4
17		2:54.8
18		2:55.0
19		3:01.8
20		3:14.6
21		3:16.8
–		DNF