Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

1500 metres at the II Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Dates	February 14
Competitors	37 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:21.1
Medalists
Clas Thunberg  Finland Bernt Evensen  Norway Ivar Ballangrud  Norway

Speed skating at the 1928 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 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Clas Thunberg  Finland	Bernt Evensen  Norway	Ivar Ballangrud  Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record	2:17.4(*)	Oscar Mathisen	Davos (SUI)	January 18, 1914
Olympic Record	2:20.8	Clas Thunberg	Chamonix (FRA)	January 27, 1924

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

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Clas Thunberg (FIN)	2:21.1
2	Bernt Evensen (NOR)	2:21.9
3	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)	2:22.6
4	Roald Larsen (NOR)	2:25.3
5	Eddie Murphy (USA)	2:25.9
6	Valentine Bialas (USA)	2:26.3
7	Irving Jaffee (USA)	2:26.7
8	John Farrell (USA)	2:26.8
9	Gustaf Andersson (SWE)	2:27.5
10	Zoltán Eötvös (HUN)	2:27.9
11	Fritz Jungblut (GER)	2:28.2
12	22x20px Charles Gorman (CAN)	2:28.4
13	Wollert Nygren (NOR)	2:28.7
14	Alberts Rumba (LAT)	2:28.9
15	Toivo Ovaska (FIN)	2:29.3
16	Fritz Moser (AUT)	2:31.1
17	22x20px Ross Robinson (CAN)	2:32.3
18	Siem Heiden (NED)	2:33.1
19	Christfried Burmeister (EST)	2:33.3
20	Aleksander Mitt (EST)	2:35.0
21	22x20px Willy Logan (CAN)	2:35.6
22	Rudolf Riedl (AUT)	2:37.8
23	Arthur Vollstedt (GER)	2:39.9
24	Cyril Horn (GBR)	2:40.0
25	Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)	2:40.9
26	Charles Thaon (FRA)	2:41.2
27	Leonard Stewart (GBR)	2:48.9
28	Frederick Dix (GBR)	2:49.6
29	Bertel Backman (FIN)	DNF
	Wim Kos (NED)	DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report