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Speed Skating At The 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 Metres
The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, 2 February 1948. Forty-five speed skaters from 14 nations competed. Medalists Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics. ''(*)'' 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 Sverre Farstad (8 February 1920 – 27 March 1978) was a Norwegian 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 on ... set the new Olympic record with a time of 2:17.6 seconds. Results References External linksOfficial Olympic Report* {{DEFAULTSORT:Speed Skating At The 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 Metres Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Farstad
Sverre Farstad (8 February 1920 – 27 March 1978) was a Norwegian 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. Pre St. Moritz Before World War II, Farstad was active in workers races, and came second in the Norwegian Workers' Championship on the 5,000 m in 1940. During the war, he trained weightlifting and gymnastics in Trondheim, and returned to international competition by winning bronze at the European Championship 1947, where he won the 1,500 metres, and silver at the World Championship, where he won both 500 and 1,500 m, and was 2.2 seconds from becoming world champion by virtue of winning three distances. Instead, he finished second in the overall standings after finishing 30.9 seconds behind Lassi Parkkinen on 10,000 metres. He was awarded Egebergs Ærespri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
