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

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.

Contents

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

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