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Speed Skating At The 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 Metres
The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, 13 February 1936. Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed. Medalists Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics. ''(*)'' The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice. Charles Mathiesen Charles Mathiesen (12 February 1911 – 7 November 1994) was a speed skater who was active from 1930 to 1948. Biography Mathiesen was born in Drammen, Norway. Skating for ''Drammens Skøyteklubb'' (Drammen's Skating Club – the same club I ... set a new Olympic record with 2:19.2 seconds. Results References External linksOfficial Olympic Report* {{DEFAULTSORT:Speed Skating At The 1936 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 Metres Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics ...
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Riessersee
Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place. Bobsleigh track Originally constructed in 1910, the track was renovated in 1933 and was long.Garmisch-Partenkirchen history of the track: 1910-66.
Accessed 16 October 2010.
Costing to complete, the track was used for the 1936 Games.1936 Olympic Winter Games official repor ...
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Harry Haraldsen
Harry Haraldsen (19 November 1911, Rjukan – 28 May 1966) was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he finished seventh in the 1500 metres competition and 34th in the 500 metres event. He was also a cyclist and competed in the 1000m time trial at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links Speed skating 1936 1911 births 1966 deaths Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Norwegian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Norway Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Place of death missing World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Lou Dijkstra
Luitzen "Lou" Dijkstra (7 May 1909 – 24 April 1964) was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Paesens, Friesland. In 1936 he finished 16th in the 5000 metres event, 20th in the 1500 metres competition, as well as 20th in the 10000 metres event, and 24th in the 500 metres competition. Dijkstra was the father of Sjoukje Dijkstra, a figure skater who won a gold medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... External links Speed skating 1936 1909 births 1964 deaths Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics People from Dongeradeel Sportspeople from Friesland {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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Shozo Ishihara
Shozo Ishihara ( ja, 石原省三; 10 August 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in the Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 km2 (2,474 sq mi). Tochigi Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the .... In 1932 he participated in the 500 metres competition, in the 1500 metres event, in the 5000 metres competition, and in the 10000 metres event, but was eliminated in the heats in all four contests. Four years later he finished fourth in the 500 metres competition and 19th in the 1500 metres event. External linksSpeed skating 1932+1936 1910 births 1993 deaths Japanese male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1932 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Japan Waseda University alumni Sportsp ...
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Alfons Bērziņš
Alfons Bērziņš (7 November 1916 – 16 December 1987) was a Latvian long track speed skater. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics (got 14th place in the 500 m event). In 1939 he became overall champion at the European Championships. Biography Alfons Bērziņš was born 7 November 1916 in Riga. He started his training in speed skating in 1932. His first coach was former Olympic Latvian speed skater Alberts Rumba. In 1938 he graduated Riga city gymnasium No.2. During second half of the 1930s he was a member of the university team ''Universitātes sports'' (University sport). Before World War II he married Olympic Latvian mountain skier Mirdza Martinsone. In 1942 he started engineering studies in University of Latvia however he never graduated. During World War II Bērziņš was conscripted in Latvian Legion in 1944 and served as a platoon commander in anti-aircraft unit (SS-Flak-Abteilung 506). In April 1944 he was awarded Iron Cross II class. With the capitulation of ...
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Robert Petersen (speed Skater)
Robert Grover Petersen (September 2, 1914 – October 1, 2000) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ..... In 1936 he finished eleventh in the 500 metres event as well as eleventh in the 5000 metres competition, and 17th in the 1500 metres event. He also participated in the 10000 metres competition but did not finish. External links Speed skating 1936 1914 births 2000 deaths American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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Willy Sandner
Willi Sandner (8 March 1911 – June 1984) was a German speed skater. He competed in four events at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 .... Sandner was a six time national champion and set a dozen national records. References External links * 1911 births 1984 deaths German male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Germany Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Munich 20th-century German people {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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Seien Kin
Seien Kin (7 January 1914 – 16 July 1992) was a Japanese speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 .... References 1914 births 1992 deaths Japanese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Pyongyang 20th-century Japanese people Japanese people of North Korean descent {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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Jan Langedijk
Jan Langedijk (27 July 1910 – 3 December 1981) was a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he finished 24th in the 500 m, 14th in the 1500 m, fourth in the 5000 m and sixth in the 10,000 m event. Twelve years later he placed 29th in the 500 m, 13th in the 1500 m, fifth in the 5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand ... and sixth in the 10,000 m events. Domestically he won the Dutch allround titles in 1940 and 1947. References External links Speed skating 1936+1948 1910 births 1981 deaths People from Langedijk Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Du ...
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Eddie Schroeder
Edward "Eddie" Julius Schroeder (January 20, 1911 – December 1, 2005) was an American speed skater who competed at the 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1932 he finished eighth in the 10,000 m event. Four years later he again finished eighth in the 10000 m; he also placed 12th over 1500 m and 15th over 5000 m. He was selected for the 1940 Olympic team, but the games were canceled due to World War II. Schroeder attended Tilden High School in Chicago, and won the North American all-around title in 1934. At the world championships, he won the 10000 m event in 1933, placing third in the 5000 m. He also placed second over 5000 m in 1932 and 1936, and won the all-around bronze medal in 1936. After retiring from competitions he worked as a skating coach and prepared the national team for the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960 ...
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Karl Leban
Karl Leban (27 November 1908 – 28 July 1941) was an Austrian speed skater and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. At the Winter Games he finished sixth in the 500 m and twelfth in the 1500 m event. At the Summer Games he placed 26th in the modern pentathlon. Leban finished fourth allround at the 1932 European Speed Skating Championships. Domestically he won athletics titles in the 5000 m (1930 and 1934), 4×1500 m relay (1932 and 1937) and 1500 m (1937). He died during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... when his fighter plane crashed in Ukraine. References External links * Speed skating 1936 1908 births 1941 deaths Austrian male speed skaters Austrian male modern pentathletes Olympic ...
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Dolf Van Der Scheer
Adolph "Dolph" Frederik van der Scheer (18 April 1909 – 31 August 1966) was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some 30 km northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river Ijssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in th .... In 1936 he finished ninth in the 1500 metres event, tenth in the 5000 metres competition, 14th in the 500 metres event, and 16th in the 10000 metres competition. External links * Speed skating 1936 1909 births 1966 deaths Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics People from Zutphen Sportspeople from Gelderland World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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