Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'anneau de vitesse
DatesFebruary 15
Competitors43 from 17 nations
Winning time37.14
Medalists
   Germany
   Japan
   Japan
Speed skating at the
1992 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Dan Jansen (USA) 36.41 Davos, Switzerland 25 January 1992
Olympic record  Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) 36.45 Calgary, Canada 14 February 1988

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Athlete Country Time Time behind
1st 4 Uwe-Jens Mey Germany 37.14 -
2nd 6 Toshiyuki Kuroiwa Japan 37.18 +0.04
3rd 3 Junichi Inoue Japan 37.26 +0.12
4 2 Dan Jansen United States 37.46 +0.32
5 4 Yasunori Miyabe Japan 37.49 +0.35
5 11 Gerard van Velde Netherlands 37.49 +0.35
7 1 Aleksandr Golubev Unified Team 37.51 +0.37
8 5 Igor Zhelezovski Unified Team 37.57 +0.43
9 16 Song Chen China 37.58 +0.44
10 9 Kim Yoon-man South Korea 37.60 +0.46
11 15 Liu Hongbo China 37.66 +0.52
12 10 Jaegal Sung-yeol South Korea 37.71 +0.57
13 1 Nick Thometz United States 37.83 +0.69
14 11 Robert Dubreuil Canada 37.86 +0.72
14 6 Vadim Shakshakbayev Unified Team 37.86 +0.72
16 3 Guy Thibault Canada 37.89 +0.75
17 12 Kevin Scott Canada 38.02 +0.88
18 21 Yukinori Miyabe Japan 38.12 +0.98
19 8 Marty Pierce United States 38.15 +1.01
20 9 Björn Forslund Sweden 38.24 +1.10
21 2 Sergey Klevchenya Unified Team 38.26 +1.12
22 10 Dave Cruikshank United States 38.28 +1.14
23 5 Peter Adeberg Germany 38.33 +1.19
24 15 Li Yong-Chol North Korea 38.38 +1.24
25 18 Olaf Zinke Germany 38.40 +1.26
26 14 Harri Ilkka Finland 38.48 +1.34
27 17 Dai Jun China 38.51 +1.37
27 13 Rintje Ritsma Netherlands 38.51 +1.37
29 20 Arie Loef Netherlands 38.61 +1.47
30 7 Sean Ireland Canada 38.70 +1.56
31 21 Paweł Abratkiewicz Poland 38.74 +1.60
31 12 Lee In-Hun South Korea 38.74 +1.60
33 7 Hans Markström Sweden 38.89 +1.75
34 20 Bo König Sweden 39.06 +1.92
35 14 Choi In-Chol North Korea 39.59 +2.45
36 19 Zsolt Baló Romania 39.70 +2.56
37 18 Csaba Madarász Hungary 40.41 +3.27
38 22 Joakim Karlberg Sweden 40.71 +3.57
39 16 Jiří Kyncl Czechoslovakia 40.92 +3.78
40 8 Roland Brunner Austria 42.18 +5.04
41 19 Jiří Musil Czechoslovakia 42.20 +5.06
42 13 Bajro Čenanović Yugoslavia 43.09 +5.95
43 17 Slavenko Likić Yugoslavia 43.81 +6.67

References

  1. 1 2 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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