Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| 1500 metres at the II Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for Speed skating
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| Venue | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:21.1 | ||||||||||||
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Clas Thunberg |
 Finland
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Bernt Evensen |
 Norway
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Ivar Ballangrud |
Norway
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The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.
Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
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