Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

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Men's 1000 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 19
Competitors41 from 19 nations
Winning time1:15.18
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Heiden
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaétan Boucher
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Lobanov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frode Rønning
 Norway
← 1976
1984 →

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.

Records

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

World record  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:13.60 Davos, Switzerland 13 January 1980
Olympic record  Peter Mueller (USA) 1:19.32 Innsbruck, Austria 12 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
19 February Pair 1 Eric Heiden  United States 1:15.18 OR

Results

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 i Eric Heiden  United States 1:15.18 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 o Gaétan Boucher  Canada 1:16.68 +1.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 i Vladimir Lobanov  Soviet Union 1:16.91 +1.73
3 i Frode Rønning  Norway 1:16.91 +1.73
5 5 o Peter Mueller  United States 1:17.11 +1.93
6 4 o Bert de Jong  Netherlands 1:17.29 +2.11
7 18 o Andreas Dietel  East Germany 1:17.71 +2.53
8 10 o Oloph Granath  Sweden 1:17.74 +2.56
9 5 i Sergey Khlebnikov  Soviet Union 1:17.96 +2.78
10 3 o Lieuwe de Boer  Netherlands 1:17.97 +2.79
11 6 i Craig Kressler  United States 1:18.37 +3.19
12 7 i Terje Andersen  Norway 1:18.52 +3.34
13 15 o Jan Józwik  Poland 1:18.83 +3.65
14 20 o Pertti Niittylä  Finland 1:18.85 +3.67
15 19 i Anatoly Medennikov  Soviet Union 1:18.92 +3.74
16 2 i Jan-Åke Carlberg  Sweden 1:19.13 +3.95
17 2 o Jan Egil Storholt  Norway 1:19.34 +4.16
18 9 o Emmanuel Michon  France 1:19.43 +4.25
19 15 i Kaoru Fukuda  Japan 1:19.66 +4.48
20 6 o Jacques Thibault  Canada 1:19.79 +4.61
21 8 i Hilbert van der Duim  Netherlands 1:19.89 +4.71
22 17 i Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 1:20.04 +4.86
23 11 o Masayuki Kawahara  Japan 1:20.88 +5.70
24 14 i Zhao Weichang  China 1:20.97 +5.79
25 8 o Kazuaki Ichimura  Japan 1:21.05 +5.87
26 7 o Steffen Doering  East Germany 1:21.19 +6.01
27 14 o Craig Webster  Canada 1:21.47 +6.29
28 18 i Giovanni Paganin  Italy 1:21.50 +6.32
29 16 i Colin Coates  Australia 1:21.68 +6.50
30 20 i Jukka Salmela  Finland 1:21.78 +6.60
31 18 i Vasile Coroş  Romania 1:21.89 +6.71
32 17 o Li Huchun  China 1:22.10 +6.92
33 13 o Dezideriu Jenei  Romania 1:22.66 +7.48
34 20 i Mike Richmond  Australia 1:23.30 +8.12
35 12 i Esa Puolakka  Finland 1:23.54 +8.36
36 12 o Wang Nianchun  China 1:24.20 +9.02
37 16 o Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa  Mongolia 1:24.84 +9.66
38 19 o Dorjiin Tsenddoo  Mongolia 1:27.00 +11.82
39 9 i Herbert Schwarz  West Germany 1:44.23 +29.05
40 13 i Archie Marshall  Great Britain 2:00.93 +45.75
- 11 i Johan Granath  Sweden DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ "1000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "1000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.