The world record progression 1500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:
Nr.NameCountryResultDateVenue 1 Jaap Eden 2:35.0 11 January 1893 Groningen 2 Peder Østlund 2:32.6 25 February 1893 Hamar 3 Peder Østlund 2:31.4 24 February 1894 Hamar 4 Einar Halvorsen 2:29.6 24 February 1894 Hamar 5 Peder Østlund 2:28.8 25 February 1894 Hamar 6 Jaap Eden 2:25.4 23 February 1895 Hamar 7 Peder Østlund 2:23.6 7 February 1898 Davos 8 Peder Østlund 2:22.6 11 February 1900 Davos 9 Oscar Mathisen 2:20.8 9 February 1908 Davos 10 Oscar Mathisen 2:20.6 30 January 1910 Davos 11 Oscar Mathisen 2:19.4 11 January 1914 Kristiania 12 Oscar Mathisen 2:17.4 18 January 1914 Davos 13 Michael Staksrud 2:14.9 31 January 1937 Davos 14 Hans Engnestangen 2:13.8 29 January 1939 Davos 15 Valentin Chaikin 2:12.9 20 January 1952 Medeo 16 Yevgeny Grishin 2:09.8 10 January 1955 Medeo 17 Yuri Mikhaylov 2:09.1 20 January 1956 Davos 18 Yevgeny Grishin 2:08.6 30 January 1956 Misurina OG 1956 19 Yuri Mikhaylov 2:08.6 30 January 1956 Misurina OG 1956 20 Juhani Järvinen 2:06.3 1 March 1959 Squaw Valley 21 Ard Schenk 2:06.2 26 January 1966 Davos 22 Ard Schenk 2:05.3 30 January 1966 Inzell 23 Kees Verkerk 2:03.9 26 February 1967 Inzell 24 Magne Thomassen 2:02.5 5 February 1968 Davos 25 Kees Verkerk 2:02.0 9 February 1969 Davos 26 Kees Verkerk 2:01.9 8 March 1970 Inzell 27 Ard Schenk 1:58.7 16 January 1971 Davos 28 Hans van Helden 1:55.61 13 March 1976 Inzell 29 Jan Egil Storholt 1:55.18 20 March 1977 Medeo 30 Eric Heiden 1:54.79 19 January 1980 Davos 31 Igor Zhelezovski 1:54.26 26 March 1983 Medeo 32 Oleg Bozhev 1:53.26 24 March 1984 Medeo 33 Nikolay Gulyayev 1:52.70 15 February 1987 Heerenveen Allround WCh 1987 34 Igor Zhelezovski 1:52.50 5 December 1987 Calgary 35 André Hoffmann 1:52.06 20 February 1988 Calgary OG 1988 36 Rintje Ritsma 1:51.60 8 January 1994 Hamar Allround ECh 1994 37 Johann Olav Koss 1:51.29 16 February 1994 Hamar OG 1994 38 Hiroyuki Noake 1:50.61 2 March 1996 Calgary 39 K. C. Boutiette 1:50.09 15 March 1997 Calgary 40 Neal Marshall 1:50.05 16 March 1997 Calgary 41 Ids Postma 1:49.81 29 November 1997 Berlin 42 Kevin Overland 1:49.07 29 November 1997 Calgary 43 Rintje Ritsma 1:48.88 20 December 1997 Heerenveen 44 Ådne Søndrål 1:47.87 12 February 1998 Nagano OG 1998 45 Ådne Søndrål 1:46.43 28 March 1998 Calgary 46 Jakko Jan Leeuwangh 1:45.56 29 January 2000 Calgary 47 Lee Kyou-hyuk 1:45.20 16 March 2001 Calgary 48 Derek Parra 1:43.95 19 February 2002 Salt Lake City OG 2002 49 Shani Davis 1:43.33 9 January 2005 Salt Lake City 50 Chad Hedrick 1:42.78 18 November 2005 Salt Lake City 51 Shani Davis 1:42.68 19 March 2006 Calgary 52 Shani Davis 1:42.32 4 March 2007 Calgary 53 Erben Wennemars 1:42.32 9 November 2007 Salt Lake City 54 Denny Morrison 1:42.01 14 March 2008 Calgary 55 Shani Davis 1:41.80 6 March 2009 Salt Lake City 56 Shani Davis 1:41.04 11 December 2009 Salt Lake City 57 Denis Yuskov 1:41.02 9 December 2017 Salt Lake City 58 Kjeld Nuis 1:40.17 10 March 2019 Salt Lake City
References Historical World Records. International Skating Union.