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Men's 1500 metres speed skating at the X Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Date	16 February 1968
Competitors	53 from 18 nations
Winning time	2:03.4 OR
Medalists
Kees Verkerk  Netherlands Ivar Eriksen  Norway Ard Schenk  Netherlands
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Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Magne Thomassen (NOR)	2:02.5	Davos, Switzerland	5 February 1968
Olympic record	Yevgeny Grishin (URS)  Yuri Mikhailov (URS)	2:08.6	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	30 January 1956

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
16 February	Kees Verkerk (NED)	2:03.4	OR

Results

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Kees Verkerk	Netherlands	2:03.4	OR
	Ivar Eriksen	Norway	2:05.0
	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	2:05.0
4	Magne Thomassen	Norway	2:05.1
5	Johnny Höglin	Sweden	2:05.2
	Bjørn Tveter	Norway	2:05.2
7	Svein-Erik Stiansen	Norway	2:05.5
8	Eduard Matusevich	Soviet Union	2:06.1
9	Peter Nottet	Netherlands	2:06.3
10	Örjan Sandler	Sweden	2:07.0
11	Aleksandr Kerchenko	Soviet Union	2:07.1
12	Ants Antson	Soviet Union	2:07.2
	Valery Kaplan	Soviet Union	2:07.2
14	Jouko Launonen	Finland	2:07.5
15	Günter Traub	West Germany	2:07.7
16	Jan Bols	Netherlands	2:07.8
	Manne Lavås	Sweden	2:07.8
18	Kimmo Koskinen	Finland	2:07.9
19	Richard Wurster	United States	2:08.4
20	Göran Claeson	Sweden	2:08.6
21	Olavi Hjellman	Finland	2:10.1
22	Jürgen Traub	West Germany	2:10.2
23	Wayne LeBombard	United States	2:11.2
24	Raimo Hietala	Finland	2:11.7
	Bill Lanigan	United States	2:11.7
26	Bob Hodges	Canada	2:12.0
27	György Martos	Hungary	2:12.2
28	John Tipper	Great Britain	2:12.4
29	György Ivánkai	Hungary	2:12.6
30	Tadao Ishihata	Japan	2:12.7
31	Keiichi Suzuki	Japan	2:13.1
32	Giancarlo Gloder	Italy	2:13.2
33	Elio Locatelli	Italy	2:13.3
34	Roger Capan	United States	2:13.6
	Renato De Riva	Italy	2:13.6
36	Michel Thépénier	France	2:13.7
37	François Perrenoud	France	2:14.0
38	Guido Gillarduzzi	Italy	2:14.1
39	Otmar Braunecker	Austria	2:14.4
40	Mutsuhiko Maeda	Japan	2:14.8
	Hermann Strutz	Austria	2:14.8
	Masaki Suzuki	Japan	2:14.8
43	Geoff Stockdale	Great Britain	2:15.6
44	Erich Korbel	Austria	2:15.7
45	Mihály Martos	Hungary	2:15.8
46	Pete Williamson	Canada	2:16.0
47	Hansruedi Widmer	Switzerland	2:16.1
48	Franz Krienbühl	Switzerland	2:16.3
49	Colin Coates	Australia	2:16.7
49	Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam	Mongolia	2:16.7
51	Lee Ik-hwan	South Korea	2:17.5
52	Büjiin Jalbaa	Mongolia	2:18.0
53	David Bodington	Great Britain	2:19.1

References

1. ^ "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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