Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

1500 metres at the V Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Dates	February 2
Competitors	45 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:17.6
Medalists
Sverre Farstad  Norway Åke Seyffarth  Sweden Odd Lundberg  Norway

Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
500 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10000 m	men

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, February 2, 1948.

Forty-five speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sverre Farstad  Norway	Åke Seyffarth  Sweden	Odd Lundberg  Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:13.8(*)	Hans Engnestangen	Davos (SUI)	January 29, 1939
Olympic Record	2:19.2	Charles Mathiesen	Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)	February 13, 1936

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

All three medalists were faster than the standing Olympic record. Sverre Farstad set the new Olympic record with a time of 2:17.6 seconds.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Sverre Farstad (NOR)	2:17.6
2	Åke Seyffarth (SWE)	2:18.1
3	Odd Lundberg (NOR)	2:18.9
4	Lassi Parkkinen (FIN)	2:19.6
5	Harry Jansson (SWE)	2:20.0
6	John Werket (USA)	2:20.2
7	Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)	2:20.3
8	Göthe Hedlund (SWE)	2:20.7
9	Kees Broekman (NED)	2:21.0
10	Gunnar Konsmo (NOR)	2:21.2
	Iván Ruttkay (HUN)	2:21.2
12	Antero Ojala (FIN)	2:21.4
13	Jan Langedijk (NED)	2:21.9
14	Kornél Pajor (HUN)	2:22.2
15	János Kilián (HUN)	2:22.5
16	Ivar Martinsen (NOR)	2:22.6
17	Mats Bolmstedt (SWE)	2:22.8
18	Henry Howes (GBR)	2:23.0
19	Lee Hiyo-Chang (KOR)	2:23.3
20	Ray Blum (USA)	2:23.4
21	Pentti Lammio (FIN)	2:23.9
22	Ken Henry (USA)	2:24.6
23	Bruce Peppin (GBR)	2:24.7
24	Anton Huiskes (NED)	2:25.0
25	Aad de Koning (NED)	2:25.3
26	Vladimír Kolář (TCH)	2:25.6
27	22x20px Frank Stack (CAN)	2:25.7
28	Robert Fitzgerald (USA)	2:27.0
29	22x20px Abraham Hardy (CAN)	2:28.5
30	Dennis Blundell (GBR)	2:29.2
31	Choi Young-Chin (KOR)	2:29.8
32	22x20px Gordon Audley (CAN)	2:30.0
	Enrico Musolino (ITA)	2:30.0
34	Giorgio Cattaneo (ITA)	2:30.5
	Hanspeter Vogt (SUI)	2:30.5
36	Guido Caroli (ITA)	2:30.9
	Lee Chang-Kook (KOR)	2:30.9
38	Max Stiepl (AUT)	2:31.2
39	Gedeon Ladányi (HUN)	2:31.3
40	Gustav Slanec (AUT)	2:31.9
41	Thomas Ross (GBR)	2:32.6
42	Rudolf Kleiner (SUI)	2:33.0
43	Sepp Rogger (SUI)	2:34.7
44	Ferdinand Preindl (AUT)	2:38.6
45	Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL)	2:40.2

References

• Official Olympic Report