World record progression 1500 m speed skating men
The world record progression 1500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:
International Skating Union
Jaap Eden
Netherlands
Groningen
Peder Østlund
Norway
Einar Halvorsen
Oscar Mathisen
Kristiania
Michael Staksrud
Hans Engnestangen
Valentin Chaikin
Soviet Union
Yevgeny Grishin
Yuri Mikhaylov
Misurina
OG 1956
Juhani Järvinen
Finland
Squaw Valley
Ard Schenk
Inzell
Kees Verkerk
Magne Thomassen
Hans van Helden
Jan Egil Storholt
Eric Heiden
United States
Igor Zhelezovski
Oleg Bozhev
Nikolay Gulyayev
Heerenveen
Allround WCh 1987
Calgary
André Hoffmann
East Germany
OG 1988
Rintje Ritsma
Johann Olav Koss
OG 1994
Hiroyuki Noake
K. C. Boutiette
Neal Marshall
Canada
Ids Postma
Berlin
Kevin Overland
Ådne Søndrål
Nagano
OG 1998
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
Lee Kyou-hyuk
South Korea
Derek Parra
Salt Lake City
OG 2002
Shani Davis
Chad Hedrick
Erben Wennemars
Denny Morrison
Denis Yuskov
Russia
Kjeld Nuis
World records
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