Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
Dates5 February
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Winning time39.44 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erhard Keller
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hasse Börjes
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valery Muratov
 Soviet Union
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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][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

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
5 February Pair 1 Hasse Börjes  Sweden 39.69 OR
5 February Pair 3 Erhard Keller  West Germany 39.44 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erhard Keller  West Germany 39.44 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hasse Börjes  Sweden 39.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
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. ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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