The Sports Almanac

Winter Olympics
Speed Skating - 1500 Meters

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

NETHERLANDS - 35 Medals
NORWAY - 23 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 14 Medals

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Men's 1500 Meters  Women's 1500 Meters  Medal Total
Through 2022 Bejing Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1924
 Clas Thunberg - Finland
 Roald Larsen - Norway
 Sigurd Moen - Norway
1928
 Clas Thunberg - Finland
 Bernt Evensen - Norway
 Ivar Ballangrud - Norway
1932
 Jack Shea - United States
 Alexander Hurd - Canada
 Willy Logan - Canada
1936
 Charles Matheisen - Norway
 Ivar Ballangrud - Norway
 Birger Wasenius - Finland
1948
 Sverre Farstad - Norway
 Ake Seyffarth - Sweden
 Odd Lundberg - Norway
1952
 Hjalmar Andersen - Norway
 Wim van der Vort - Netherlands
 Roald Aas - Norway
1956
 Yevgeny Grishin - Soviet Union
Yuri Mikhaylov - Soviet Union
 NONE
 Toivo Salonen - Finland
1960
 Roald Aas - Norway
Yevgeny Grishin - Soviet Union
 NONE
 Boris Stenin - Soviet Union
1964
 Ants Antson - Soviet Union
 Kees Verkerk - Netherlands
 Villy Haugern - Norway
1968
 Kees Verkerk - Netherlands Ivar Eriksen - Norway
 Ard Schenk - Netherlands
1972
 Ard Schenk - Netherlands
 Roar Gronvold - Norway
 Goran Claeson - Sweden
1976
 Jan Egil Storholt - Norway
 Yury Kondakov - Soviet Union
 Hans van Helden - Netherlands
1980
 Eric Heiden - United States
 Kay Stenshjemmet - Norway
 Terje Andersen - Norway
1984
 Gaetan Boucher - Canada
 Sergey Khlebnikov - Soviet Union
 Oleg Bozhev - Soviet Union
1988
 Andre Hoffmann - East Germany
 Eric Flaim - United States
 Michael Hadschieff - Austria
1992
 Johann Olav Koss - Norway
 Adne Sondral - Norway
 Leo Visser - Netherlands
1994
 Johann Olav Koss - Norway
 Rintje Ritsma - Netherlands
 Falko Zanstra - Netherlands
1998
 Adne Sondral - Norway Ids Potsma - Netherlands
 Rintje Ritsma - Netherlands
2002
 Derek Parra - United States
 Jochem Uytdehaage - Netherlands
 Adne Sondral - Norway
2006
 Enrico Fabris - Italy
 Shani Davis - United States
 Chad Hedrick - United States
2010
 Mark Tuitert - Netherlands
 Shani Davis - United States
 Havard Bokko - Norway
2014
 Zbigniew Brodka - Poland
 Koen Verweij - Netherlands
 Denny Morrison - Canada
2018
 Kjeld Nuis - Netherlands
 Patrick Roest - Netherlands
 Kim Min-Seok - South Korea
2022
 Kjeld Nuis - Netherlands Thomas Krol - Netherlands Kim Min-Seok - South Korea

Women's 1500 Meters  Men's 1500 Meters  Medal Total
Through 2022 Beijing Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1960
 Lidiya Skoblikova - Soviet Union
 Elwira Seroczyriska - Poland
 Helena Pilejczyk - Poland
1964
 Lidiya Skoblikova - Soviet Union Kaija Mustonen - Finland
 Berta Kolokoltseva - Soviet Union
1968
 Kaija Mustonen - Finland Carry Geijssen - Netherlands
 Stein Kaiser - Netherlands
1972
 Dianne Holum - United States
 Stein Baas-Kaiser - Netherlands
 Atje Keulen-Deelstra - Netherlands
1976
 Galina Stepanskaya - Soviet Union
 Sheila Young - United States
 Tatyana Averina - Soviet Union
1980
 Annie Borckink - Netherlands
 Ria Visser - Netherlands
 Sabine Becker - East Germany
1984
 Karin Enke - East Germany
 Andrea Schone - East Germany
 Natalya Petrusyova - Soviet Union
1988
 Yvonne van Gennip - Netherlands
 Karin Kania - East Germany
 Andrea Ehrig - East Germany
1992
 Jacqueline - Germany
 Gunda Niemann - Germany
 Seiko Hashimoto - Japan
1994
 Emese Hunyady - Austria
 Svetlana Fedotkina - Russia
 Gunda Niemann - Germany
1998
 Marianne Timmer - Netherlands
 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann - Germany
 Christine Witty - United States
2002
 Annie Friesinger - Germany
 Sabine Volker - Germany
 Jennifer Rodriguez - United States
2006
 Cindy Klassen - Canada
 Kristina Groves - Canada
 Ireen Wust - Netherlands
2010
 Ireen Wust - Netherlands
 Kristina Groves - Canada
 Martina Sablikova - Czech Republic
2014
 Jorien ter Mors - Netherlands
 Ireen Wust - Netherlands
 Lotte Van Beek - Netherlands
2018
 Ireen Wüst - Netherlands Miho Takagi - Japan
 Marrit Leenstra - Netherlands
2022
 Ireen Wüst - Netherlands Miho Takagi - Japan Antoinette De Jong - Netherlands

Medal Total  Women's 1500 Meters  Men's 1500 Meters
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Netherlands
 12
 12
 11
 35
2
 Norway
 8
 7
 8
 23
3
 Soviet Union
 7
 2
 5
 14
4
 United States
 4
 4
 3
 11
5
 Canada
 2
 3
 2
 7
6
 Finland
 3
 1
 2
 6
7
 Germany
 2
 3
 1
 6
8
 East Germany
 2
 2
 2
 6
9
 Poland
 1
 1
 1
 3
10
 Japan 0
 2
 1
 3
11
 Austria
 1
 0
 1
 2
12
 Sweden
 0
 1
 1
 2
13
 South Korea 0
 0
 2
 2
14
 Italy
 1
 0
 0
 1
15
 Russia
 0
 1
 0
 1
16
 Czech Republic
 0
 0
 1
 1