Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 metres

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 1956 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, January 28 to Tuesday, January 31, 1956.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

programme. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina

Lake Misurina

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. It was held on Monday, January 30, 1956 started at 2 p.m.

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and ended at 4:05 p.m.

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.

Fifty-four speed skaters from 18 nations competed.

Medalists

There was no silver medalist as Soviet

Soviet Union

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competitors Yevgeny Grishin

Yevgeny Grishin

Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin was a Soviet/Russian speedskater. Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow...

and Yuri Mikhaylov

Yuri Mikhaylov

Yuri Matveyevich Mikhaylov was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....

tied for first place. Toivo Salonen

Toivo Salonen

Toivo Kostia Salonen is a former speed skater from Finland. He was born in Pälkäne.Toivo Salonen had most of his successes on a national level, becoming Finnish Allround Champion in 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, winning Finnish silver in 1953, 1955, and 1962, and taking bronze in 1963 and 1964...

from Finland

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won the bronze medal.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1956 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:09.1(*)	Yuri Mikhaylov Yuri Mikhaylov Yuri Matveyevich Mikhaylov was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....	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 20, 1956
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.

Skating in the first pair Toivo Salonen

Toivo Salonen

set a new Olympic record with 2:09.4 minutes. Yevgeny Grishin

Yevgeny Grishin

Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin was a Soviet/Russian speedskater. Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow...

who skated in the eleventh pair bettered the world record with 2:08.6 minutes. In the twelfth pair Yuri Mikhaylov

Yuri Mikhaylov

Yuri Matveyevich Mikhaylov was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....

was able to equalize the world record.

Results

Place	Speed skater	Time
1		2:08.6 WR
1		2:08.6 WR
3		2:09.4
4		2:09.7
5		2:10.3
6		2:11.0
7		2:11.8
8		2:11.9
9		2:12.2
10		2:12.9
11		2:13.1
		2:13.1
		2:13.1
14		2:13.1
15		2:13.6
16		2:13.7
17		2:14.6
18		2:14.8
19		2:15.0
20		2:15.2
21		2:15.4
22		2:15.6
23		2:15.9
24		2:16.0
25		2:16.1
26		2:16.2
27		2:16.5
27		2:16.5
29		2:16.7
30		2:17.1
31		2:17.3
32		2:17.4
33		2:17.5
34		2:17.7
35		2:18.1
36		2:18.3
37		2:18.6
38		2:19.0
39		2:19.2
39		2:19.2
41		2:19.7
42		2:20.0
42		2:20.0
44		2:20.5
45		2:20.7
46		2:21.7
46		2:21.7
48		2:22.2
49		2:22.6
50		2:23.0
51		2:23.5
51		2:23.5
53		2:26.1
—		DNF

Kees Broekman

Cornelis "Kees" Broekman was a Dutch former speed skater.He was born in De Lier and died in Berlin, Germany....

was placed 14th because he was paired up with Bertil Eng and finished behind his opponent.

Pierre Huylebroeck did not finish after a fall.

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