title: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 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 | |
  