Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metres speed skating
Games:	1924 Winter
Venue:	Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Date:	27 January 1924
Competitors:	22
Nations:	9
Win Value:	2:20.8 OR
Gold:	Clas Thunberg
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Roald Larsen
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Sigurd Moen
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Next:	1928

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-seven speed skaters from ten nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end twenty-two speed skaters from nine nations competed.^[1] The Finnish athlete Asser Wallenius fell and did not finish the race.^[2]

Medalists

Records

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

The following records were set during this competition.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time
27 January 1924	Pair 1	scope=row style=text-align:left;	André Gegout	align=left	2:54.4	OR
27 January 1924	Pair 4	scope=row style=text-align:left;	Clas Thunberg	align=left	2:20.8	OR
27 January 1924	Pair 10	scope=row style=text-align:left;	Léonhard Quaglia	align=left	2:37.0

Results

The event was held Sunday at midday.^[2]

Pair	Name	Time	Notes
4	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:20.8		OR
4	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:22.0
8	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:25.6
12	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:26.6
12	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:29.0
11	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:29.2
16	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:29.8
11	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:31.6	+10.8
13	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:31.6	+10.8
10	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:32.0	+11.2
13	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:35.4	+14.6
8	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:36.0	+15.2
9	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:36.4	+15.6
10	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:37.0	+16.2
15	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:42.6	+21.8
1	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:54.4	+33.6	OR
2	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:54.8	+34.0
2	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	2:55.0	+34.2
1	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	3:01.8	+41.0
15	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	3:14.6	+53.8
16	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left	3:16.8	+56.0
9	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left
3	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left
5	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left
6	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left
7	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left
14	scope=row style=text-align:left;	align=left

External links

Official Olympic Report
Web site: Results of the 1924 Olympic Games 1500 meters Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 27 August 2012.

Notes and References

Web site: Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181717/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1924/SSK/mens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 22 October 2019.
M. A. Avé. 1924. Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel. The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report. French Olympic Committee. pdf. Paris. 669–70. French.