Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

500 metres at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue	Riessersee
Dates	February 11
Competitors	36 from 14 nations
Winning time	43.4
Medalists
Ivar Ballangrud   Norway   Georg Krog   Norway   Leo Freisinger   United States

Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936.

Thirty-six speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud Norway (NOR)	Georg Krog Norway (NOR)	Leo Freisinger United States (USA)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record	42.4(*)	Allan Potts	Oslo (NOR)	January 18, 1936
Olympic Record	43.4	Clas Thunberg	St. Moritz (SUI)	February 13, 1928
	43.4	Bernt Evensen	St. Moritz (SUI)	February 13, 1928
	43.4(**)	Jack Shea	Lake Placid (USA)	February 4, 1932

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

(**) This time was set in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time.

Ivar Ballangrud equalized the Olympic record with 43.4 seconds.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)	43.4
2	Georg Krog (NOR)	43.5
3	Leo Freisinger (USA)	44.0
4	Shozo Ishihara (JPN)	44.1
5	Delbert Lamb (USA)	44.2
6	Karl Leban (AUT)	44.8
	Allan Potts (USA)	44.8
8	Antero Ojala (FIN)	44.9
	Jorma Ruissalo (FIN)	44.9
	Birger Wasenius (FIN)	44.9
11	Reikichi Nakamura (JPN)	45.0
	Robert Petersen (USA)	45.0
13	Karl Wazulek (AUT)	45.1
14	Alfons Bērziņš (LAT)	45.7
	Dolf van der Scheer (NED)	45.7
16	Jānis Andriksons (LAT)	45.9
	Seitoku Ri (JPN)	45.9
18	Axel Johansson (SWE)	46.1
19	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	46.2
	Willy Sandner (GER)	46.2
21	Ferdinand Preindl (AUT)	46.4
22	Aleksander Mitt (EST)	46.6
	Kunio Nando (JPN)	46.6
24	Lou Dijkstra (NED)	46.7
	Jan Langedijk (NED)	46.7
	Gustav Slanec (AUT)	46.7
27	Ben Blaisse (NED)	46.9
28	Heinz Sames (GER)	47.0
29	Kenneth Kennedy (AUS)	47.4
30	Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH)	47.8
31	Thomas White (CAN)	49.6
32	Oldřich Hanč (TCH)	49.8
33	James Graeffe (BEL)	54.6
34	Harry Haraldsen (NOR)	54.9
35	Charles De Ligne (BEL)	1:44.6
–	Hans Engnestangen (NOR)	DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report
• "Results of the 1936 Olympic Games 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.