Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
Men's 500 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | |||||||||
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Dates | February 5 | |||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 39.44 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 5 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]
World record | Leo Linkovesi (FIN) | 38.0 | Davos, Switzerland | 8 January 1972 |
Olympic record | Terry McDermott (USA) | 40.1 | Innsbruck, Austria | 4 February 1964 |
The following new Olympic and World records was set during the competition.
Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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5 February | Pair 1 | Hasse Börjes | Sweden | 39.69 | OR | |
5 February | Pair 3 | Erhard Keller | West Germany | 39.44 | OR |
Results
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Erhard Keller | West Germany | 39.44 | OR | |
Hasse Börjes | Sweden | 39.69 | ||
Valery Muratov | Soviet Union | 39.80 | ||
4 | Per Bjørang | Norway | 39.91 | |
5 | Seppo Hänninen | Finland | 40.12 | |
6 | Leo Linkovesi | Finland | 40.14 | |
7 | Ove König | Sweden | 40.25 | |
8 | Masaki Suzuki | Japan | 40.35 | |
9 | Mats Wallberg | Sweden | 40.41 | |
10 | Hans Lichtenstern | West Germany | 40.55 | |
11 | Pete Eberling | United States | 40.58 | |
12 | Lasse Efskind | Norway | 40.60 | |
13 | Takayuki Hida | Japan | 40.62 | |
14 | Vladimir Komarov | Soviet Union | 40.65 | |
15 | Neil Blatchford | United States | 40.67 | |
16 | Johan Granath | Sweden | 40.79 | |
17 | Norio Hirate | Japan | 41.08 | |
18 | Johan Lind | Norway | 41.14 | |
19 | Keiichi Suzuki | Japan | 41.28 | |
20 | Greg Lyman | United States | 41.30 | |
21 | Gerd Zimmermann | West Germany | 41.35 | |
22 | Jeong Chung-Gu | South Korea | 41.42 | |
23 | Otmar Braunecker | Austria | 42.14 | |
24 | David Hampton | Great Britain | 42.59 | |
25 | Bruno Toniolli | Italy | 42.67 | |
25 | Eddy Verheijen | Netherlands | 42.67 | |
27 | Jouko Salakka | Finland | 42.81 | |
28 | Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam | Mongolia | 42.86 | |
29 | Gerry Cassan | Canada | 42.87 | |
30 | John Cassidy | Canada | 43.01 | |
31 | Herbert Schwarz | West Germany | 43.03 | |
32 | Jappie van Dijk | Netherlands | 43.04 | |
33 | Richard Tourne | France | 43.06 | |
34 | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 43.40 | |
35 | Jim Lynch | Australia | 43.51 | |
36 | Colin Coates | Australia | 44.74 | |
- | Ole Christian Iversen | Norway | DNF | |
- | John Wurster | United States | DNF |
References
- 1 2 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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