Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueZetra Ice Rink
DatesFebruary 10
Competitors42 from 20 nations
Winning time38.19
Medalists
 Sergey Fokichev  Soviet Union
 Yoshihiro Kitazawa  Japan
 Gaétan Boucher  Canada
Speed skating at the
1984 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1]

Records

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

World record  Pavel Pegov (URS) 36.57 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 26 March 1983
Olympic record  Eric Heiden (USA) 38.03 Lake Placid, United States 15 February 1980

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s) 1 o Sergey Fokichev  Soviet Union 38.19
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 i Yoshihiro Kitazawa  Japan 38.30
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 7 i Gaétan Boucher  Canada 38.39
4 6 i Dan Jansen  United States 38.55
5 1 i Nick Thometz  United States 38.56
6 4 o Vladimir Kozlov  Soviet Union 38.57
7 6 o Frode Rønning  Norway 38.58
8 2 o Uwe-Jens Mey  East Germany 38.65
9 16 o Aleksandr Danilin  Soviet Union 38.66
10 4 i Akira Kuroiwa  Japan 38.70
11 7 o André Hoffmann  East Germany 38.87
12 9 o Yasushi Suzuki  Japan 38.92
13 10 i Hein Vergeer  Netherlands 38.94
14 3 i Jan Ykema  Netherlands 39.03
15 9 i Jacques Thibault  Canada 39.12
16 2 i Geert Kuiper  Netherlands 39.13
17 5 o Jouko Vesterlund  Finland 39.15
18 10 o Kai Arne Engelstad  Norway 39.28
19 14 o Hans-Peter Oberhuber  West Germany 39.39
20 22 o Andreas Dietel  East Germany 39.45
3 o Erik Henriksen  United States 39.45
22 8 i Mike Richmond  Australia 39.47
23 17 i Rolf Falk-Larssen  Norway 39.57
24 14 i Hans van Helden  France 39.71
25 19 i Dezideriu Jenei  Romania 39.72
26 11 i Uwe Streb  West Germany 39.78
27 20 i Urpo Pikkupeura  Finland 39.88
28 11 i Lee Yeong-Ha  South Korea 39.90
29 17 i Chen Jianqiang  China 40.30
13 i Daniel Turcotte  Canada 40.30
31 15 o Na Yun-Su  South Korea 40.35
32 20 o Michael Hadschieff  Austria 40.52
33 18 i Giorgio Paganin  Italy 40.54
34 8 o Jan-Åke Carlberg  Sweden 40.64
35 13 o Wang Nianchun  China 40.75
36 16 i Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 41.18
37 19 o Kim Song-Hui  North Korea 41.23
38 15 i Gai Zhiwu  China 41.67
39 21 i Nenad Žvanut  Yugoslavia 42.55
40 21 o Erroll Fraser  British Virgin Islands 43.47
41 18 o Behudin Merdović  Yugoslavia 46.34
42 12 i Hans Magnusson  Sweden 63.08

References

  1. 1 2 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. 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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