# Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall. 44 competitors from 17 nations participated in the competition.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Rintje Ritsma (NED) | 1:51.60 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 8 January 1994 |
| Olympic record | André Hoffmann (GDR) | 1:52.06 | Calgary, Canada | 20 February 1988 |
The following new world record was set during this competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| 16 February | Pair 2 | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 1:51.29 | OR | WR |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| | 2 | O | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 1:51.29 | - | WR |
| | 6 | I | Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands | 1:51.99 | +0.70 | |
| | 5 | O | Falko Zandstra | Netherlands | 1:52.38 | +1.09 | |
| 4 | 4 | I | Ådne Søndrål | Norway | 1:53.13 | +1.84 | |
| 5 | 11 | O | Andrey Anufriyenko | Russia | 1:53.16 | +1.87 | |
| 6 | 8 | I | Peter Adeberg | Germany | 1:53.50 | +2.21 | |
| 7 | 4 | O | Neal Marshall | Canada | 1:53.56 | +2.27 | |
| 8 | 1 | O | Martin Hersman | Netherlands | 1:53.59 | +2.30 | |
| 9 | 19 | O | Jeroen Straathof | Netherlands | 1:53.70 | +2.41 | |
| 10 | 3 | O | Yuriy Shulha | Ukraine | 1:54.28 | +2.99 | |
| 11 | 12 | O | Paweł Jaroszek | Poland | 1:54.49 | +3.20 | |
| 12 | 3 | I | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 1:54.51 | +3.22 | |
| 13 | 10 | I | Olaf Zinke | Germany | 1:54.66 | +3.37 | |
| 14 | 15 | I | Kjell Storelid | Norway | 1:54.69 | +3.40 | |
| 15 | 1 | I | Toru Aoyanagi | Japan | 1:54.85 | +3.56 | |
| 16 | 15 | O | Oleg Pavlov | Russia | 1:54.90 | +3.61 | |
| 17 | 2 | I | Michael Hadschieff | Austria | 1:55.09 | +3.80 | |
| 18 | 18 | O | Steinar Johansen | Norway | 1:55.21 | +3.92 | |
| 19 | 13 | I | Thomas Kumm | Germany | 1:55.35 | +4.06 | |
| 20 | 20 | I | Michael Spielmann | Germany | 1:55.36 | +4.07 | |
| 21 | 6 | I | Yukinori Miyabe | Japan | 1:55.56 | +4.27 | |
| 22 | 8 | O | Roland Brunner | Austria | 1:55.78 | +4.49 | |
| 22 | 16 | O | Dave Tamburrino | United States | 1:55.78 | +4.49 | |
| 24 | 17 | I | Pat Kelly | Canada | 1:55.81 | +4.52 | |
| 25 | 7 | O | Danny Kah | Australia | 1:56.04 | +4.75 | |
| 26 | 20 | O | Zsolt Baló | Romania | 1:56.44 | +5.15 | |
| 27 | 14 | I | Toshihiko Itokawa | Japan | 1:56.67 | +5.38 | |
| 28 | 18 | I | Kevin Scott | Canada | 1:56.68 | +5.39 | |
| 29 | 5 | I | Radik Bikchentayev | Kazakhstan | 1:56.73 | +5.44 | |
| 30 | 12 | I | Vadim Sayutin | Kazakhstan | 1:57.03 | +5.74 | |
| 31 | 10 | O | Dezideriu Horvath | Romania | 1:57.07 | +5.78 | |
| 32 | 7 | I | Brian Wanek | United States | 1:57.09 | +5.80 | |
| 33 | 21 | O | Sergey Tsybenko | Kazakhstan | 1:57.43 | +6.14 | |
| 34 | 22 | O | Davide Carta | Italy | 1:57.46 | +6.17 | |
| 35 | 17 | I | Vitaly Novichenko | Belarus | 1:57.50 | +6.21 | |
| 36 | 22 | I | Phillip Tahmindjis | Australia | 1:57.59 | +6.30 | |
| 37 | 9 | I | Nathaniel Mills | United States | 1:58.43 | +7.14 | |
| 38 | 21 | I | Pat Bouchard | Canada | 1:59.83 | +8.54 | |
| 39 | 19 | I | K. C. Boutiette | United States | 2:00.59 | +9.30 | |
| 40 | 9 | O | Paweł Zygmunt | Poland | 2:05.21 | +13.92 | |
| 41 | 16 | I | Lee Jae-Sik | South Korea | 2:20.60 | +29.31 | Fall |
| - | 11 | I | Alessandro De Taddei | Italy | DNF | |
| - | 13 | O | Liu Yanfei | China | DNF | |
| - | 14 | O | Artur Szafrański | Poland | DNF | |