List of speed skating world records over 1500 meters men

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This list contains all world records recognized by the International Skating Union in speed skating over 1500 meters for men.

World records for men over 1500 meters
No. athlete time date place particularities Duration
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Jaap Eden 2.35.00 January 11, 1893 Lake Paterswolde HI, Bf, En 0 years and 45 days
2 NorwayNorway Peder Østlund 2.32.60 February 25, 1893 Mjosen Hamar HI, Bo, En 0 years and 364 days
3 NorwayNorway Peder Østlund 2.31.40 February 24, 1894 Mjosen Hamar HI, Bo, En 0 years and 0 days
4th NorwayNorway Einar Halvorsen 2.29.60 February 24, 1894 Mjosen Hamar HI, Bo, En 0 years and 1 day
5 NorwayNorway Peder Østlund 2.28.80 February 25, 1894 Mjosen Hamar HI, Bo, En 0 years and 363 days
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Jaap Eden 2.25.40 February 23, 1895 Mjosen Hamar HI, Bo, En 2 years and 349 days
7th NorwayNorway Peder Østlund 2.23.60 February 7, 1898 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 2 years and 4 days
8th NorwayNorway Peder Østlund 2.22.60 February 11, 1900 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 7 years and 363 days
9 NorwayNorway Oscar Mathisen 2.20.80 February 9, 1908 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 1 year and 355 days
10 NorwayNorway Oscar Mathisen 2.20.60 January 30, 1910 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 3 years and 346 days
11 NorwayNorway Oscar Mathisen 2.19.40 January 11, 1914 Frogner Stadium HI, Bf, En 0 years and 7 days
12 NorwayNorway Oscar Mathisen 2.17.40 January 18, 1914 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 23 years and 13 days
13 NorwayNorway Michael Staksrud 2.14.90 January 31, 1937 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 1 year and 363 days
14th NorwayNorway Hans Engnestangen 2.13.80 January 29, 1939 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 12 years and 356 days
15th Soviet UnionSoviet Union Valentin Chaykin 2.12.90 January 20, 1952 Medeo H III, Bo, En 2 years and 355 days
16 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Yevgeny Grishin 2.09.80 January 10, 1955 Medeo H III, Bo, En 1 year and 10 days
17th Soviet UnionSoviet Union Yury Mikhaylov 2.09.10 January 20, 1956 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 0 years and 10 days
18th Soviet UnionSoviet Union Yury Mikhaylov 2.08.60 January 30, 1956 Misurina lake H III, Bf, En 0 years and 0 days
19th Soviet UnionSoviet Union Yevgeny Grishin 2.08.60 January 30, 1956 Misurina lake H III, Bf, En 3 years and 30 days
20th FinlandFinland Juhani Järvinen 2.06.30 March 1, 1959 Olympic Skating Rink H III, Bf, Ek 6 years and 331 days
21st NetherlandsNetherlands Ard Schenk 2.06.20 January 26, 1966 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 0 years and 4 days
22nd NetherlandsNetherlands Ard Schenk 2.05.30 January 30, 1966 Inzell ice rink H II, Bh, Ek 1 year and 27 days
23 NetherlandsNetherlands Kees Verkerk 2.03.90 February 26, 1967 Inzell ice rink H II, Bh, Ek 0 years and 344 days
24 NorwayNorway Magne Thomassen 2.02.50 5th February 1968 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 1 year and 4 days
25th NetherlandsNetherlands Kees Verkerk 2.02.00 February 9, 1969 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 1 year and 27 days
26th NetherlandsNetherlands Kees Verkerk 2.01.90 March 8, 1970 Inzell ice rink H II, Bh, Ek 0 years and 314 days
27 NetherlandsNetherlands Ard Schenk 1.58.70 16th January 1971 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 5 years and 57 days
28 NetherlandsNetherlands Hans van Helden 1.55.61 March 13, 1976 Inzell ice rink H II, Bh, Ek 1 year and 7 days
29 NorwayNorway Jan Egil Storholt 1.55.18 March 20, 1977 Medeo H III, Bo, Ek 2 years and 305 days
30th United StatesUnited States Eric Heiden 1.54.79 January 19, 1980 Ice stadium Davos H III, Bo, En 3 years and 66 days
31 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Igor Zhelezovsky 1.54.26 March 26, 1983 Medeo H III, Bo, Ek 0 years and 364 days
32 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Oleg Bozhyev 1.53.26 March 24, 1984 Medeo H III, Bo, Ek 2 years and 328 days
33 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Nikolay Gulyayev 1.52.70 February 15, 1987 Thialf HI, Bh, Ek 0 years and 293 days
34 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Igor Zhelezovsky 1.52.50 5th December 1987 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 77 days
35 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR André Hoffmann 1.52.06 20th of February 1988 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 5 years and 322 days
36 NetherlandsNetherlands Rintje Ritsma 1.51.60 January 8, 1994 Vikingskipet HI, Bh, Ek 0 years and 39 days
37 NorwayNorway Johann Olav Koss 1.51.29 February 16, 1994 Vikingskipet HI, Bh, Ek 2 years and 15 days
38 JapanJapan Hiroyuki Noake 1.50.61 March 2, 1996 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 1 year and 13 days
Introduction of the folding ice skate
39 United StatesUnited States KC Boutiette 1.50.09 March 15, 1997 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 1 day
40 CanadaCanada Neal Marshall 1.50.05 March 16, 1997 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 258 days
41 NetherlandsNetherlands Ids Postma 1.49.81 November 29, 1997 Sports forum Hohenschönhausen HI, Bh, Ek 0 years and 0 days
42 CanadaCanada Kevin Overland 1.49.07 November 29, 1997 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 21 days
43 NetherlandsNetherlands Rintje Ritsma 1.48.88 December 20, 1997 Thialf HI, Bh, Ek 0 years and 54 days
44 NorwayNorway Ådne Søndrål 1.47.87 February 12, 1998 M-Wave HI, Bh, Ek 0 years and 44 days
45 NorwayNorway Ådne Søndrål 1.46.43 March 28, 1998 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 1 year and 307 days
46 NetherlandsNetherlands Jakko Jan Leeuwangh 1.45.56 January 29, 2000 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 1 year and 46 days
47 Korea SouthSouth Korea Kyou-Hyuk Lee 1.45.20 March 16, 2001 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 340 days
48 United StatesUnited States Derek Parra 1.43.95 February 19, 2002 Utah Olympic Oval H III, Bh, Ek 2 years and 325 days
49 United StatesUnited States Shani Davis 1.43.33 January 9, 2005 Utah Olympic Oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 313 days
50 United StatesUnited States Chad Hedrick 1.42.78 November 18, 2005 Utah Olympic Oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 121 days
51 United StatesUnited States Shani Davis 1.42.68 March 19, 2006 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 350 days
52 United StatesUnited States Shani Davis 1.42.32 March 4, 2007 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 250 days
53 NetherlandsNetherlands Wennemar's heirs 1.42.32 November 9, 2007 Utah Olympic Oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 126 days
54 CanadaCanada Denny Morrison 1.42.01 March 14, 2008 Olympic oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 357 days
55 United StatesUnited States Shani Davis 1.41.80 March 6, 2009 Utah Olympic Oval H III, Bh, Ek 0 years and 280 days
Acting speed skating world record holder over 1500 meters
56 United StatesUnited States Shani Davis 1.41.04 December 11, 2009 Utah Olympic Oval H III, Bh, Ek 10 years and 264 days
  • As of September 27, 2013
  • In the 1990s years came clap skate internationally for the first time used. The folding system, which enables faster running, has been a change since the 1998 Winter Olympics at the latest .
The abbreviations in "special features" mean
  • H = altitude of the railway; HI = up to 500 meters, H II = over 500 meters, H III = over 1000 meters
  • B = track layout; Bf = open air (open), Bh = indoor track, Bm = mix (semi-open, covered track)
  • E = ice; Ek = artificial (cooling system), En = natural ice (without technical cooling system)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men on www.speedskatingstats.com