Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 15
Competitors37 from 18 nations
Winning time38.03
Medalists
   United States
   Soviet Union
   Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1980 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1]

Records

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

World record  Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) 36.91 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 28 March 1981
Olympic record  Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) 39.17 Innsbruck, Austria 10 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
15 February  Eric Heiden (USA) 38.03 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Eric Heiden United States 38.03 OR
2nd Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union 38.37
3rd Lieuwe de Boer Netherlands 38.48
4 Frode Rønning Norway 38.66
5 Dan Immerfall United States 38.69
6 Jarle Pedersen Norway 38.83
7 Anatoly Medennikov Soviet Union 38.88
8 Gaétan Boucher Canada 38.90
9 Jan Józwik Poland 39.01
10 Jan-Åke Carlberg Sweden 39.03
11 Steffen Doering East Germany 39.06
12 Oloph Granath Sweden 39.15
13 Andreas Dietel East Germany 39.21
14 Kaoru Fukuda Japan 39.24
15 Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union 39.25
16 Kai Arne Engelstad Norway 39.30
16 Bert de Jong Netherlands 39.30
18 Jukka Salmela Finland 39.32
19 Lee Yeong-Ha South Korea 39.33
20 Kazuaki Ichimura Japan 39.44
21 Emmanuel Michon France 39.47
22 Pertti Niittylä Finland 39.54
23 Wang Nianchun China 39.73
24 Jim Chapin United States 39.74
25 Esa Puolakka Finland 39.76
26 Jacques Thibault Canada 40.11
27 Vasile Coroş Romania 40.30
28 Hilbert van der Duim Netherlands 40.42
28 Giovanni Paganin Italy 40.42
30 Dezideriu Jenei Romania 40.84
31 Zhao Weichang China 41.18
32 Mike Richmond Australia 41.22
33 Su He China 41.26
34 Dorjiin Tsenddoo Mongolia 41.68
35 Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa Mongolia 42.41
36 Johan Granath Sweden 21.44
- Archie Marshall Great Britain DQ

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results". Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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