It was another event that Shani Davis and his United States teammates failed to medal in. Davis finished 11th overall, while Brian Hansen finished seventh. The team had changed their suits prior to the event believing that it had a design flaw that slowed them down.
Poland’s Zbigniew Brodka narrowly edged Koen Verweij by 3-thousandths of a second. Canada’s Denny Morrison took home the bronze medal.
Full Results for Men’s 1500 m Speed Skating
Rank | Country | Name | Pair | Lane | Result | Difference | |
1 | POL | Zbigniew BRODKA | 17 | O | 1:45.006 | 0.00 | |
2 | NED | Koen VERWEIJ | 20 | I | 1:45.009 | 0.00 | |
3 | CAN | Denny MORRISON | 15 | O | 1:45.22 | +0.22 | |
4 | RUS | Denis YUSKOV | 19 | I | 1:45.37 | +0.37 | |
5 | NED | Mark TUITERT | 13 | O | 1:45.42 | +0.42 | |
6 | NOR | Havard BOKKO | 15 | I | 1:45.48 | +0.48 | |
7 | USA | Brian HANSEN | 16 | I | 1:45.59 | +0.59 | |
8 | NOR | Sverre Lunde PEDERSEN | 19 | O | 1:45.66 | +0.66 | |
9 | KAZ | Denis KUZIN | 18 | O | 1:45.69 | +0.69 | |
10 | BEL | Bart SWINGS | 14 | O | 1:45.95 | +0.95 | |
11 | USA | Shani DAVIS | 17 | I | 1:45.98 | +0.98 | |
12 | NED | Stefan GROOTHUIS | 7 | O | 1:46.08 | +1.08 | |
13 | NED | Jan BLOKHUIJSEN | 2 | I | 1:46.50 | +1.50 | |
14 | LAT | Haralds SILOVS | 13 | I | 1:46.79 | +1.79 | |
15 | POL | Jan SZYMANSKI | 12 | I | 1:46.86 | +1.86 | |
16 | NOR | Havard LORENTZEN | 16 | O | 1:47.27 | +2.27 | |
17 | ITA | Mirko NENZI | 2 | O | 1:47.48 | +2.48 | |
18 | RUS | Ivan SKOBREV | 14 | I | 1:47.62 | +2.62 | |
19 | CAN | Mathieu GIROUX | 12 | O | 1:47.65 | +2.65 | |
20 | POL | Konrad NIEDZWIEDZKI | 18 | I | 1:47.77 | +2.77 | |
21 | CHN | Guojun TIAN | 4 | O | 1:47.95 | +2.95 | |
22 | USA | Joey MANTIA | 20 | O | 1:48.01 | +3.01 | |
23 | GER | Patrick BECKERT | 11 | I | 1:48.08 | +3.08 | |
24 | RUS | Aleksey YESIN | 11 | O | 1:48.10 | +3.10 | |
25 | RUS | Aleksey SUVOROV | 9 | I | 1:48.11 | +3.11 | |
26 | HUN | Konrad NAGY | 8 | I | 1:48.12 | +3.12 | |
27 | GER | Robert LEHMANN | 8 | O | 1:48.24 | +3.24 | |
28 | CAN | Lucas MAKOWSKY | 3 | O | 1:48.51 | +3.51 | |
29 | KOR | Hyong Jun JOO | 4 | I | 1:48.59 | +3.59 | |
30 | KAZ | Dmitriy BABENKO | 10 | O | 1:48.67 | +3.67 | |
31 | JPN | Taro KONDO | 3 | I | 1:49.31 | +4.31 | |
32 | FRA | Benjamin MACE | 10 | I | 1:49.34 | +4.34 | |
33 | CAN | Vincent DE HAITRE | 1 | O | 1:49.42 | +4.42 | |
34 | KAZ | Aleksandr ZHIGIN | 7 | I | 1:49.48 | +4.48 | |
35 | KAZ | Fyodor MEZENTSEV | 5 | O | 1:49.70 | +4.70 | |
36 | NOR | Simen SPIELER NILSEN | 5 | I | 1:49.88 | +4.88 | |
37 | USA | Jonathan KUCK | 9 | O | 1:50.19 | +5.19 | |
38 | SWE | David ANDERSSON | 1 | I | 1:50.29 | +5.29 | |
39 | ITA | Matteo ANESI | 6 | O | 1:50.59 | +5.59 | |
40 | FRA | Ewen FERNANDEZ | 6 | I | 1:52.70 | +7.70 |