Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	February 11
Competitors	38 from 15 nations
Winning time	69.23
Medalists
Casey FitzRandolph   United States   Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan   Kip Carpenter   United States

Speed skating at the 2002 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 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.

Favorite Jeremy Wotherspoon fell in the first heat, taking him out of contention, but posted the fastest time in the second heat. Casey FitzRandolph became the first American to win the event since Eric Heiden in 1980.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

World record	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	34.32	Salt Lake City, United States	March 10, 2001	[2]
Olympic record	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	35.59	Nagano, Japan	February 10, 1998	[2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[2]	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
February 11	Race 1	Kuniomi Haneishi	Japan	35.15	OR
February 11	Race 1	Kip Carpenter	United States	34.68	OR
February 11	Race 1	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	34.61	OR
February 11	Race 1	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	OR

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Difference
	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42 OR	34.81	69.23	–
	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	34.61	34.65	69.26	+0.03
	Kip Carpenter	United States	34.68	34.79	69.47	+0.24
4	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	34.72	34.77	69.49	+0.26
5	Lee Kyou-hyuk	South Korea	34.74	34.85	69.59	+0.36
6	Joey Cheek	United States	34.78	34.82	69.60	+0.37
7	Mike Ireland	Canada	34.77	34.83	69.60	+0.37
8	Toyoki Takeda	Japan	35.00	34.81	69.81	+0.58
9	Jan Bos	Netherlands	35.14	34.72	69.86	+0.63
10	Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	35.00	34.89	69.89	+0.66
11	Dmitry Lobkov	Russia	35.09	35.01	70.10	+0.87
12	Kuniomi Haneishi	Japan	35.15	34.96	70.11	+0.88
13	Sergey Klevchenya	Russia	35.10	35.18	70.28	+1.05
14	Manabu Horii	Japan	35.30	35.02	70.32	+1.09
15	Janne Hänninen	Finland	35.18	35.15	70.33	+1.10
16	Pawel Abratkiewicz	Poland	35.40	35.04	70.44	+1.21
17	Choi Jae-bong	South Korea	35.45	35.12	70.57	+1.34
18	Dmitry Dorofeyev	Russia	35.48	35.27	70.75	+1.52
19	Michael Kuenzel	Germany	35.47	35.37	70.84	+1.61
20	Patrick Bouchard	Canada	35.54	35.34	70.88	+1.65
21	Li Yu	China	35.62	35.35	70.97	+1.74
22	Tomasz Swist	Poland	35.72	35.55	71.27	+2.04
23	Davide Carta	Italy	35.70	35.69	71.39	+2.16
24	Eric Brisson	Canada	35.86	35.68	71.54	+2.31
25	Park Jae-man	South Korea	36.05	35.91	71.96	+2.73
26	Christian Breuer	Germany	36.50	35.57	72.07	+2.84
27	Ids Postma	Netherlands	36.41	36.08	72.49	+3.26
28	Marc Pelchat	United States	37.59	34.99	72.58	+3.35
29	Andrey Fomin	Ukraine	36.26	36.38	72.64	+3.41
30	Dino Gillarduzzi	Italy	36.42	36.27	72.69	+3.46
31	Zsolt Balo	Hungary	36.24	36.69	72.93	+3.70
32	Aleksey Khatylyov	Belarus	37.40	37.41	74.81	+5.58
33	Kim Chul-soo	South Korea	73.11	35.35	108.46	+39.23
34	Yu Fengtong	China	82.11	35.30	117.41	+48.18
35	Grunde Njos	Norway	97.67	35.90	133.57	+64.34
-	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	DNF	34.63	-	-
-	Ermanno Ioratti	Italy	36.30	-	-	-
-	Jan Friesinger	Germany	36.80	-	-	-

References

1. Liz Robbins (February 12, 2002). "American Speedskater Wins Gold". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 13, 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
2. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.