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

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Men's 1000 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
Dates12 February
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Winning time1:19.32
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Mueller
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jørn Didriksen
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valery Muratov
 Soviet Union
1980 →

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

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

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 i Peter Mueller  United States 1:19.32 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 i Jørn Didriksen  Norway 1:20.45 +1.13
3rd place, 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

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  1. ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "1000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "1000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.