Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.

## Records

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

| World record | Magne Thomassen (NOR) | 2:02.5 | Davos, Switzerland | 5 February 1968 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Yevgeny Grishin (URS) Yuri Mikhailov (URS) | 2:08.6 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 30 January 1956 |

The following new Olympic record was set.

| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 February | Kees Verkerk (NED) | 2:03.4 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 2:03.4 | OR |
| | Ivar Eriksen | Norway | 2:05.0 | |
| | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 2:05.0 | |
| 4 | Magne Thomassen | Norway | 2:05.1 | |
| 5 | Johnny Höglin | Sweden | 2:05.2 | |
| 5 | Bjørn Tveter | Norway | 2:05.2 | |
| 7 | Svein-Erik Stiansen | Norway | 2:05.5 | |
| 8 | Eduard Matusevich | Soviet Union | 2:06.1 | |
| 9 | Peter Nottet | Netherlands | 2:06.3 | |
| 10 | Örjan Sandler | Sweden | 2:07.0 | |
| 11 | Aleksandr Kerchenko | Soviet Union | 2:07.1 | |
| 12 | Ants Antson | Soviet Union | 2:07.2 | |
| 12 | Valery Kaplan | Soviet Union | 2:07.2 | |
| 14 | Jouko Launonen | Finland | 2:07.5 | |
| 15 | Günter Traub | West Germany | 2:07.7 | |
| 16 | Jan Bols | Netherlands | 2:07.8 | |
| 16 | Manne Lavås | Sweden | 2:07.8 | |
| 18 | Kimmo Koskinen | Finland | 2:07.9 | |
| 19 | Richard Wurster | United States | 2:08.4 | |
| 20 | Göran Claeson | Sweden | 2:08.6 | |
| 21 | Olavi Hjellman | Finland | 2:10.1 | |
| 22 | Jürgen Traub | West Germany | 2:10.2 | |
| 23 | Wayne LeBombard | United States | 2:11.2 | |
| 24 | Raimo Hietala | Finland | 2:11.7 | |
| 24 | Bill Lanigan | United States | 2:11.7 | |
| 26 | Bob Hodges | Canada | 2:12.0 | |
| 27 | György Martos | Hungary | 2:12.2 | |
| 28 | John Tipper | Great Britain | 2:12.4 | |
| 29 | György Ivánkai | Hungary | 2:12.6 | |
| 30 | Tadao Ishihata | Japan | 2:12.7 | |
| 31 | Keiichi Suzuki | Japan | 2:13.1 | |
| 32 | Giancarlo Gloder | Italy | 2:13.2 | |
| 33 | Elio Locatelli | Italy | 2:13.3 | |
| 34 | Roger Capan | United States | 2:13.6 | |
| 34 | Renato De Riva | Italy | 2:13.6 | |
| 36 | Michel Thépénier | France | 2:13.7 | |
| 37 | François Perrenoud | France | 2:14.0 | |
| 38 | Guido Gillarduzzi | Italy | 2:14.1 | |
| 39 | Otmar Braunecker | Austria | 2:14.4 | |
| 40 | Mutsuhiko Maeda | Japan | 2:14.8 | |
| 40 | Hermann Strutz | Austria | 2:14.8 | |
| 40 | Masaki Suzuki | Japan | 2:14.8 | |
| 43 | Geoff Stockdale | Great Britain | 2:15.6 | |
| 44 | Erich Korbel | Austria | 2:15.7 | |
| 45 | Mihály Martos | Hungary | 2:15.8 | |
| 46 | Pete Williamson | Canada | 2:16.0 | |
| 47 | Hansruedi Widmer | Switzerland | 2:16.1 | |
| 48 | Franz Krienbühl | Switzerland | 2:16.3 | |
| 49 | Colin Coates | Australia | 2:16.7 | |
| 49 | Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam | Mongolia | 2:16.7 | |
| 51 | Lee Ik-hwan | South Korea | 2:17.5 | |
| 52 | Büjiin Jalbaa | Mongolia | 2:18.0 | |
| 53 | David Bodington | Great Britain | 2:19.1 | |
