Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^[1][2]

Men's 1500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 21, 1980
Competitors	36 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:55.44
Medalists
Eric Heiden  United States Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  Norway Terje Andersen  Norway
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3][4]

World record	Eric Heiden (USA)	1:54.79	Davos, Switzerland	19 January 1980
Olympic record	Jan Egil Storholt (NOR)	1:59.38	Innsbruck, Austria	13 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
21 February	Pair 1	Jan Egil Storholt (NOR)	1:57.95	OR
21 February	Pair 4	Eric Heiden (USA)	1:55.44	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	4	o	Eric Heiden	United States	1:55.44	–	OR
	4	i	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Norway	1:56.81	+1.37
	5	o	Terje Andersen	Norway	1:56.92	+1.48
4	8	o	Andreas Dietel	East Germany	1:57.14	+1.70
5	6	i	Yury Kondakov	Soviet Union	1:57.36	+1.92
6	1	i	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:57.95	+2.51
7	2	o	Tomas Gustafson	Sweden	1:58.18	+2.64
8	3	o	Vladimir Lobanov	Soviet Union	1:59.30	+3.86
9	10	o	Andreas Ehrig	East Germany	1:59.47	+4.03
	2	i	Yevhen Solunskiy	Soviet Union	1:59.47	+4.03
11	9	i	Hilbert van der Duim	Netherlands	1:59.49	+4.05
12	9	o	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	1:59.58	+4.14
13	11	i	Bert de Jong	Netherlands	1:59.83	+4.39
14	7	o	Pertti Niittylä	Finland	2:00.01	+4.57
15	18	i	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	2:00.15	+4.71
16	11	o	Ulf Ekstrand	Sweden	2:00.23	+4.79
17	5	i	Tom Plant	United States	2:00.57	+5.13
18	6	o	Craig Kressler	United States	2:00.60	+5.16
19	1	o	Masahiko Yamamoto	Japan	2:01.25	+5.81
20	3	i	Masayuki Kawahara	Japan	2:01.28	+5.84
21	10	i	Jan Junell	Sweden	2:02.11	+6.67
22	7	i	Lee Yeong-Ha	South Korea	2:02.37	+6.93
23	14	i	Craig Webster	Canada	2:02.41	+6.97
24	12	i	Yasuhiro Shimizu	Japan	2:04.54	+9.10
25	15	i	Zhao Weichang	China	2:05.48	+10.04
26	16	i	Na Yun-su	South Korea	2:06.65	+11.21
27	17	o	Jacques Thibault	Canada	2:06.79	+11.35
28	17	i	Maurizio Marchetto	Italy	2:07.45	+12.01
29	14	o	Guo Chengjiang	China	2:08.33	+12.89
30	12	o	Li Huchun	China	2:10.00	+14.56
31	15	o	Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa	Mongolia	2:11.51	+16.07
32	13	o	Mike Richmond	Australia	2:13.40	+17.96
33	16	o	Geoff Sandys	Great Britain	2:15.06	+19.62
34	13	i	Alan Luke	Great Britain	2:17.79	+22.35
35	18	i	Dorjiin Tsenddoo	Mongolia	2:19.30	+23.86
-	8	i	Yep Kramer	Netherlands	DNF