Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| 500 metres at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink | |||||||||
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| Competitors | 46 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 40.2 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10000 m | men | |
The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Wednesday, February 24, 1960.
Forty-six speed skaters from 15 nations competed.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
.svg.png){kind=small} Yevgeny GrishinSoviet Union (URS) |
 Bill DisneyUnited States (USA) |
Rafayel Grach Soviet Union (URS) |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.
| World record | 40.2(*) |  Yevgeny Grishin |
Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) | January 22, 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40.2(*) | Yevgeny Grishin |
Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) | January 28, 1956 | |
| Olympic record | 40.2(*) | Yevgeny Grishin |
Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) | January 28, 1956 |
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Yevgeny Grishin equalized his own standing world and Olympic record.
Results
Yevgeny Grishin was the first speed skater who was able to defend his 500 metres Olympic title.
| Place | Speed skater | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Grishin (URS) | 40.2 =WR |
| 2 | Bill Disney (USA) | 40.3 |
| 3 | Rafayel Grach (URS) | 40.4 |
| 4 |  Hans Wilhelmsson (SWE) | 40.5 |
| 5 | Gennadi Voronin (URS) | 40.7 |
| 6 |  Alv Gjestvang (NOR) | 40.8 |
| 7 | Terry McDermott (USA) | 40.9 |
 Toivo Salonen (FIN) | 40.9 | |
| 9 |  Fumio Nagakubo (JPN) | 41.1 |
| 10 |  Henk van der Grift (NED) | 41.2 |
| Yuri Malyshev (URS) | 41.2 | |
| Eddie Rudolph (USA) | 41.2 | |
| 13 |  Colin Hickey (AUS) | 41.3 |
| 14 | Hroar Elvenes (NOR) | 41.4 |
| 15 |  André Kouprianoff (FRA) | 41.5 |
| 16 | Yoshitaki Hori (JPN) | 41.8 |
| Juhani Järvinen (FIN) | 41.8 | |
| 18 | Raymond Gilloz (FRA) | 42.0 |
| 19 | Leo Tynkkynen (FIN) | 42.1 |
| 20 | Knut Johannesen (NOR) | 42.3 |
 Helmut Kuhnert (EUA) | 42.3 | |
| Herbert Söllner (EUA) | 42.3 | |
| Günther Tilch (EUA) | 42.3 | |
| 24 | Nils Aaness (NOR) | 42.5 |
| Manfred Schüler (EUA) | 42.7 | |
| 26 | Per-Olof Brogren (SWE) | 42.8 |
| 27 | .svg.png){kind=small} Johnny Sands (CAN) | 42.9 |
| 28 | Wim de Graaff (NED) | 43.0 |
| 29 |  Franz Offenberger (AUT) | 43.1 |
| 30 | Olle Dahlberg (SWE) | 43.1 |
| Ralf Olin (CAN) | 43.3 | |
| 32 |  Mario Gios (ITA) | 43.4 |
| 33 | Jan Pesman (NED) | 43.4 |
| Gunnar Sjölin (SWE) | 43.4 | |
| 35 | Roy Tutty (AUS) | 43.5 |
| 36 | Takeo Mizoo (JPN) | 43.7 |
| Antonio Nitto (ITA) | 43.7 | |
| 38 |  Terry Monaghan (GBR) | 44.0 |
| 39 | Renato De Riva (ITA) | 44.1 |
| 40 | Hermann Strutz (AUT) | 44.4 |
| 41 | Larry Mason (CAN) | 44.7 |
| 42 | Jouko Jokinen (FIN) | 45.1 |
| 43 | Shinkichi Takemura (JPN) | 45.9 |
| 44 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jang Yeong (KOR) | 50.0 |
| — | Bill Carow (USA) | DNF |
| Terry Malkin (GBR) | DNF |
References
- Official Olympic Report
- sports-reference
- "Results of the 1960 Olympic Games 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
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