Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Speed skating
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1924 Winter Olympics
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These are the results of the 500 metres speed skating event at the 1924 Winter Olympics. It was the first event of the Games, held on Saturday, January 26, 1924, which makes Charles Jewtraw the first gold medal winner in Winter Olympic Games history. Twenty-seven speed skaters from 10 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Charles Jewtraw
United States (USA)		  Oskar Olsen
Norway (NOR)		  Roald Larsen
Norway (NOR)
 Clas Thunberg
Finland (FIN)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World Record 43.4(*) Norway Oscar Mathisen Davos (SUI) January 17, 1914
Olympic Record -

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Charles Jewtraw (USA) 44.0
2  Oskar Olsen (NOR) 44.2
3  Roald Larsen (NOR) 44.8
 Clas Thunberg (FIN) 44.8
5  Asser Wallenius (FIN) 45.0
6  Axel Blomqvist (SWE) 45.2
7  Charles Gorman (CAN) 45.4
8  Joe Moore (USA) 45.6
 Harald Strøm (NOR) 45.6
10  Julius Skutnabb (FIN) 46.4
11  Eric Blomgren (SWE) 46.6
12  Harry Kaskey (USA) 47.0
13  Sigurd Moen (NOR) 47.2
14  Bill Steinmetz (USA) 47.8
15  Léonhard Quaglia (FRA) 48.4
16  Alberts Rumba (LAT) 48.8
17  Leon Jucewicz (POL) 49.6
18  Albert Hassler (FRA) 50.6
19  Louis De Ridder (BEL) 52.8
20  André Gegout (FRA) 53.2
21  George de Wilde (FRA) 54.8
22  Gaston Van Hazebroeck (BEL) 55.8
23  Frederick Dix (GBR) 56.4
 Philippe Van Volckxsom (BEL) 56.4
25  Bernard Sutton (GBR) 60.8
26  Marcel Moens (BEL) 62.2
27  Cyril Horn (GBR) 64.4

References