Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
Dates14 February 1988
Competitors37 from 15 nations
Winning time36.45 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Uwe-Jens Mey
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Ykema
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Akira Kuroiwa
 Japan
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Olympic Oval.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Nick Thometz (USA) 36.55 Heerenveen, Netherlands 19 March 1987
Olympic record  Eric Heiden (USA) 38.03 Lake Placid, United States 15 February 1980

The following new world and olympic records was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
14 February Pair 1 Jan Ykema  Netherlands 36.76 OR
14 February Pair 4 Uwe-Jens Mey  East Germany 36.45 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Athlete Country Time Difference Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Uwe-Jens Mey  East Germany 36.45 – WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Jan Ykema  Netherlands 36.76 +0.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Akira Kuroiwa  Japan 36.77 +0.32
4 3 Sergey Fokichev  Soviet Union 36.82 +0.37
5 18 Bae Ki-tae  South Korea 36.90 +0.45
6 5 Igor Zhelezovski  Soviet Union 36.94 +0.49
7 1 Guy Thibault  Canada 36.96 +0.51
8 3 Nick Thometz  United States 37.16 +0.71
9 5 Yasumitsu Kanehama  Japan 37.25 +0.80
10 11 Frode Rønning  Norway 37.31 +0.86
11 2 Yasushi Kuroiwa  Japan 37.34 +0.89
12 17 Vitaliy Makovetskiy  Soviet Union 37.35 +0.90
13 10 Kimihiro Hamaya  Japan 37.38 +0.93
14 14 Gaétan Boucher  Canada 37.47 +1.02
15 6 Erik Henriksen  United States 37.50 +1.05
16 7 Menno Boelsma  Netherlands 37.52 +1.07
17 17 Daniel Turcotte  Canada 37.60 +1.15
18 11 Bjørn Hagen  Norway 37.69 +1.24
18 10 Göran Johansson  Sweden 37.69 +1.24
20 7 Hans-Peter Oberhuber  West Germany 37.73 +1.28
21 8 André Hoffmann  East Germany 37.75 +1.30
22 6 Marty Pierce  United States 37.76 +1.31
23 9 Mike Richmond  Australia 37.77 +1.32
24 8 Hein Vergeer  Netherlands 37.80 +1.35
25 13 Jerzy Dominik  Poland 37.83 +1.38
26 13 Michael Hadschieff  Austria 37.90 +1.45
27 9 Uwe Streb  West Germany 38.03 +1.58
28 15 Peter Adeberg  East Germany 38.11 +1.66
29 19 Robert Tremblay  Canada 38.34 +1.89
30 12 Hans Magnusson  Sweden 38.60 +2.15
31 12 Claude Nicouleau  France 38.63 +2.18
32 15 Claes Bengtsson  Sweden 38.66 +2.21
33 16 Hans van Helden  France 39.05 +2.60
34 14 Christian Eminger  Austria 39.70 +3.25
35 16 Behudin Merdović  Yugoslavia 56.21
36 18 Nikolay Gulyayev  Soviet Union 62.86
- 2 Dan Jansen  United States DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ^ "500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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