The 1500 metres
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...
event was part of the
speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, 16 February to Tuesday, 19 February 1952.
Medal summary
Participating nations
Seven speed skaters competed in all four events.
A ...
programme. The competition was held on Monday, 18 February 1952 at 5
p.m. Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.
''(*)'' The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results
The current world record holder
Valentin Chaikin
Valentin Chaikin (russian: Валентин Афанасьевич Чайкин) (26 August 1925 – 13 September 2018) was a Russian speed skater.
He set a world record in 1500 m in Medeo in 1952, with the time 2:12.9, beating Hans Engnestangen ...
did not compete as the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.
References
External links
Official Olympic Report*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speed Skating At The 1952 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 Metres
Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics