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 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:Seven speed skaters competed in all four events....

 programme. The competition was held on Monday, February 18, 1952 at 5 p.m.

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Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:12.9(*)	Valentin Chaikin Valentin Chaikin Valentin Chaikin is a former Soviet speedskater.He set world record in 1,500 m in Medeo in 1952, with the time 2:12.9, beating Hans Engnestangen's previous record from 1939.-References:...	Medeo Medeo The Medeu , or Medeo , is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. It is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Medeu sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world...  (URS Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... )	January 20, 1952
Olympic Record	2:17.6(*)	Sverre Farstad Sverre Farstad Sverre Farstad was a speed skater representing Sportsklubben Falken, Trondheim, as part of the Falken Trio also including Henry Wahl and Hjalmar Andersen. Farstad won one Olympic gold medal and one European Championship in his three-year international career.He was born in Lademoen, Trondheim.-Pre...	St. Moritz St. Moritz St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...  (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.... )	February 2, 1948

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

Results

The current world record holder Valentin Chaikin

Valentin Chaikin

Valentin Chaikin is a former Soviet speedskater.He set world record in 1,500 m in Medeo in 1952, with the time 2:12.9, beating Hans Engnestangen's previous record from 1939.-References:...

 did not compete as the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

Place	Speed skater	Time
1		2:20.4
2		2:20.6
3		2:21.6
4		2:22.6
5		2:22.8
6		2:23.0
7		2:23.3
8		2:23.4
		2:23.4
10		2:23.7
11		2:23.9
12		2:24.3
		2:24.3
14		2:24.5
15		2:24.8
16		2:25.0
17		2:25.0
18		2:25.5
19		2:25.8
20		2:25.9
21		2:26.1
22		2:26.6
23		2:26.9
24		2:27.1
25		2:27.4
26		2:27.6
		2:27.6
28		2:28.8
29		2:29.3
30		2:30.4
31		2:30.7
32		2:30.8
33		2:31.6
34		2:32.0
35		2:32.2
36		2:34.8
37		2:36.4
38		2:40.1
39		2:43.8