Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

Men's 1000 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesFebruary 12
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Winning time1:19.32
Medalists
 Peter Mueller  United States
 Jørn Didriksen  Norway
 Valery Muratov  Soviet Union
Speed skating at the
1976 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Valery Muratov (URS) 1:16.92 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 17 March 1975
Olympic record None None None None

The following new Olympic records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
12 February Pair 1 Gaétan Boucher  Canada 1:21.23 OR
12 February Pair 2 Peter Mueller  United States 1:19.32 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 2 i Peter Mueller  United States 1:19.32 – OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 i Jørn Didriksen  Norway 1:20.45 +1.13
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 8 o Valery Muratov  Soviet Union 1:20.57 +1.25
4 9 i Aleksandr Safronov  Soviet Union 1:20.84 +1.52
5 6 i Hans van Helden  Netherlands 1:20.85 +1.53
6 1 o Gaétan Boucher  Canada 1:21.23 +1.91
7 8 i Mats Wallberg  Sweden 1:21.27 +1.95
8 3 i Pertti Niittylä  Finland 1:21.43 +2.11
9 1 i Horst Freese  West Germany 1:21.48 +2.16
10 7 i Klaus Wunderlich  East Germany 1:21.67 +2.35
11 4 i Colin Coates  Australia 1:21.72 +2.40
12 10 i Dan Immerfall  United States 1:21.74 +2.42
13 10 o Johan Granath  Sweden 1:22.63 +3.31
14 7 o Bruno Toniolli  Italy 1:22.83 +3.51
15 6 o Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 1:22.88 +3.56
16 12 i Terje Andersen  Norway 1:22.92 +3.60
17 2 o Emmanuel Michon  France 1:22.99 +3.67
18 12 o Piet Kleine  Netherlands 1:23.00 +3.68
19 13 i Masaki Suzuki  Japan 1:23.40 +4.08
20 9 o Harald Oehme  East Germany 1:23.88 +4.56
21 4 o Archie Marshall  Great Britain 1:24.00 +4.68
22 15 i Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  Norway 1:24.71 +5.39
23 11 o Tom Overend  Canada 1:25.06 +5.74
24 13 i Mikio Oyama  Japan 1:25.91 +6.59
25 5 o Berend Schabus  Austria 1:26.50 +7.18
26 11 i Floriano Martello  Italy 1:26.54 +7.22
27 13 o Richard Tourne  France 1:26.75 +7.43
28 16 o Dan Carroll  United States 1:27.37 +8.05
29 15 o Andrey Malikov  Soviet Union 1:27.57 +8.25
30 14 o Norio Hirate  Japan 1:29.42 +10.10
31 16 i Bernt Jansson  Sweden 1:30.27 +10.95

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 5, 2016.

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