Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 metres
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The 1500 metres speed skating
Speed skating
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event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936, Wednesday, February 12, 1936, Thursday, February 13, 1936, and on Friday, February 14, 1936.-Medal summary:...

 programme. The competition was held on Thursday, February 13, 1936.

Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed.

Medalists


Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.
World Record 2:17.4(*)   Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Mathisen
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Davos
Davos
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 (SUI
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)
January 18, 1914
Olympic Record 2:20.8   Clas Thunberg
Clas Thunberg
Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz...

Chamonix
Chamonix
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 (FRA
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January 27, 1924


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

Charles Mathiesen
Charles Mathiesen
Charles Mathiesen was a speed skater whose speed skating career lasted for 18 years , while being at the world top during most of those years.-Biography:Mathiesen was born in Drammen, Norway...

set a new Olympic record with 2:19.2 seconds.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 2:19.2
2 2:20.2
3 2:20.9
4 2:21.3
5 2:21.6
6 2:22.2
7 2:22.4
8 2:23.0
9 2:23.2
2:23.2
2:23.2
12 2:24.3
2:24.3
14 2:24.6
15 2:25.0
16 2:25.3
17 2:25.4
18 2:25.8
19 2:26.7
20 2:27.2
2:27.2
22 2:27.8
23 2:28.9
2:28.9
25 2:29.0
2:29.0
27 2:29.3
28 2:29.6
29 2:29.9
30 2:30.0
31 2:30.5
32 2:31.2
33 2:31.8
34 2:34.2
35 2:57.8
36 3:00.5
37 3:21.9
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