Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates14 February 1994
Competitors40 from 16 nations
Winning time36.33 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Golubev
 Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Klevchenya
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manabu Horii
 Japan
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Dan Jansen (USA) 35.76 Calgary, Canada 30 January 1994
Olympic record  Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) 36.45 Calgary, Canada 14 February 1988

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
14 February Pair 6 Sergey Klevchenya  Russia 36.39 OR
14 February Pair 9 Aleksandr Golubev  Russia 36.33 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair   Lane Name Country Time Difference Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 I Aleksandr Golubev  Russia 36.33 - OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6   I Sergey Klevchenya  Russia 36.39 +0.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4   O Manabu Horii  Japan 36.53 +0.20
4 1   I Liu Hongbo  China 36.54 +0.21
5 8   O Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan 36.60 +0.27
6 5   I Junichi Inoue  Japan 36.63 +0.30
7 9   O Grunde Njøs  Norway 36.66 +0.33
8 2   I Dan Jansen  United States 36.68 +0.35
9 6   O Yasunori Miyabe  Japan 36.72 +0.39
10 5   O Igor Zhelezovski  Belarus 36.73 +0.40
11 1   I Sylvain Bouchard  Canada 37.01 +0.68
12 4   I Pat Kelly  Canada 37.07 +0.74
11   I Vadim Shakshakbayev  Kazakhstan 37.07 +0.74
14  3   O Kim Yoon-man  South Korea 37.10 +0.77
15 8   I Mikhail Vostroknutov  Russia 37.15 +0.82
16 7   I Andrey Bakhvalov  Russia 37.24 +0.91
17 2   O Sean Ireland  Canada 37.30 +0.97
18 14   O Peter Adeberg  Germany 37.35 +1.02
19 10   I Dave Cruikshank  United States 37.37 +1.04
20 20   O Nate Mills  United States 37.41 +1.08
21 8   I Gerard van Velde  Netherlands 37.45 +1.12
22 12   I Roland Brunner  Austria 37.47 +1.14
23 20   I Oleh Kostromitin  Ukraine 37.50 +1.17
24 11   O Arie Loef  Netherlands 37.52 +1.19
25 15   O Hans Markström  Sweden 37.53 +1.20
26 13   I Mike Ireland  Canada 37.67 +1.34
27 18   I Dave Besteman  United States 37.68 +1.35
28 10   O Lars Funke  Germany 37.80 +1.47
29 19   I Alessandro De Taddei  Italy 37.87 +1.54
30 13   O Jaegal Sung-yeol  South Korea 37.90 +1.57
31 19   O Nico van der Vlies  Netherlands 37.94 +1.61
32 17   O Davide Carta  Italy 37.98 +1.65
33 16   O Vladimir Klepinin  Kazakhstan 38.09 +1.76
34 16   I Magnus Enfeldt  Sweden 38.10 +1.77
34 18   O Lee Jae-sik  South Korea 38.10 +1.77
36 12   O Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea 38.13 +1.80
37 14   I Arjan Schreuder  Netherlands 38.33 +2.00
38 15   I Zsolt Baló  Romania 38.56 +2.23
39 17   I Michael Spielmann  Germany 38.58 +2.25
- 3   I Roger Strøm  Norway DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ "500m Men Olympic Record Progressin". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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