Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| 1500 metres at the IV Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for Speed skating
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| Venue | Riessersee | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 13 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:19.2 | ||||||||||||
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Charles Mathiesen |
 Norway
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Ivar Ballangrud |
Norway
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Birger Wasenius |
 Finland
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The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, February 13, 1936.
Thirty-seven speed skaters from 15 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Charles Mathiesen set a new Olympic record with 2:19.2 seconds.
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