2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 22 March at 16:30 local time.

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 12 | o | Denny Morrison | Canada | 1:46.44 | |
| | 9 | o | Ivan Skobrev | Russia | 1:46.49 | +0.05 |
| | 11 | i | Håvard Bøkko | Norway | 1:46.50 | +0.06 |
| 4 | 12 | i | Shani Davis | United States | 1:46.64 | +0.20 |
| 5 | 10 | o | Stefan Groothuis | Netherlands | 1:46.65 | +0.21 |
| 6 | 4 | o | Denis Yuskov | Russia | 1:46.81 | +0.37 |
| 7 | 6 | i | Jonathan Kuck | United States | 1:46.83 | +0.39 |
| 8 | 11 | o | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | 1:47.06 | +0.62 |
| 9 | 7 | o | Zbigniew Bródka | Poland | 1:47.10 | +0.66 |
| 10 | 9 | i | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | Poland | 1:47.12 | +0.68 |
| 11 | 7 | i | Benjamin Macé | France | 1:47.13 | +0.69 |
| 12 | 8 | o | Alexis Contin | France | 1:47.53 | +1.09 |
| 13 | 5 | i | Mathieu Giroux | Canada | 1:47.64 | +1.20 |
| 14 | 8 | i | Koen Verweij | Netherlands | 1:47.74 | +1.30 |
| 15 | 6 | o | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Norway | 1:47.86 | +1.42 |
| 16 | 5 | o | Bart Swings | Belgium | 1:47.90 | +1.46 |
| 17 | 10 | i | Brian Hansen | United States | 1:47.92 | +1.48 |
| 18 | 4 | i | Yevgeny Lalenkov | Russia | 1:48.36 | +1.92 |
| 19 | 3 | o | Lucas Makowsky | Canada | 1:48.45 | +2.01 |
| 20 | 3 | i | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | Italy | 1:48.75 | +2.31 |
| 21 | 1 | o | Patrick Beckert | Germany | 1:49.50 | +3.06 |
| 22 | 2 | o | Denis Kuzin | Kazakhstan | 1:49.68 | +3.24 |
| 23 | 1 | i | Roland Cieslak | Poland | 1:50.11 | +3.67 |
| 24 | 2 | i | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 1:50.92 | +4.48 |
