Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'anneau de vitesse
Dates15 February
Competitors43 from 17 nations
Winning time37.14
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Uwe-Jens Mey
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Junichi Inoue
 Japan
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record  Dan Jansen (USA) 36.41 Davos, Switzerland 25 January 1992
Olympic record  Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) 36.45 Calgary, Canada 14 February 1988

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 O Uwe-Jens Mey  Germany 37.14 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 I Toshiyuki Kuroiwa  Japan 37.18 +0.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 I Junichi Inoue  Japan 37.26 +0.12
4 2 O Dan Jansen  United States 37.46 +0.32
5 4 I Yasunori Miyabe  Japan 37.49 +0.35
5 11 O Gerard van Velde  Netherlands 37.49 +0.35
7 1 O Aleksandr Golubev  Unified Team 37.51 +0.37
8 5 I Igor Zhelezovski  Unified Team 37.57 +0.43
9 16 O Song Chen  China 37.58 +0.44
10 9 O Kim Yoon-man  South Korea 37.60 +0.46
11 15 I Liu Hongbo  China 37.66 +0.52
12 10 O Jaegal Sung-yeol  South Korea 37.71 +0.57
13 1 I Nick Thometz  United States 37.83 +0.69
14 11 I Robert Dubreuil  Canada 37.86 +0.72
14 6 I Vadim Shakshakbayev  Unified Team 37.86 +0.72
16 3 O Guy Thibault  Canada 37.89 +0.75
17 12 I Kevin Scott  Canada 38.02 +0.88
18 21 I Yukinori Miyabe  Japan 38.12 +0.98
19 8 I Marty Pierce  United States 38.15 +1.01
20 9 I Björn Forslund  Sweden 38.24 +1.10
21 2 I Sergey Klevchenya  Unified Team 38.26 +1.12
22 10 I Dave Cruikshank  United States 38.28 +1.14
23 5 O Peter Adeberg  Germany 38.33 +1.19
24 15 O Li Yong-chol  North Korea 38.38 +1.24
25 18 O Olaf Zinke  Germany 38.40 +1.26
26 14 I Harri Ilkka  Finland 38.48 +1.34
27 17 I Dai Jun  China 38.51 +1.37
27 13 O Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands 38.51 +1.37
29 20 O Arie Loef  Netherlands 38.61 +1.47
30 7 I Sean Ireland  Canada 38.70 +1.56
31 21 O Paweł Abratkiewicz  Poland 38.74 +1.60
31 12 O Lee In-hun  South Korea 38.74 +1.60
33 7 O Hans Markström  Sweden 38.89 +1.75
34 20 I Bo König  Sweden 39.06 +1.92
35 14 O Choi In-chol  North Korea 39.59 +2.45
36 19 I Zsolt Baló  Romania 39.70 +2.56
37 18 I Csaba Madarász  Hungary 40.41 +3.27
38 22 O Joakim Karlberg  Sweden 40.71 +3.57
39 16 I Jiří Kyncl  Czechoslovakia 40.92 +3.78
40 8 O Roland Brunner  Austria 42.18 +5.04
41 19 O Jiří Musil  Czechoslovakia 42.20 +5.06
42 13 I Bajro Čenanović  Yugoslavia 43.09 +5.95
43 17 O Slavenko Likić  Yugoslavia 43.81 +6.67

References

  1. ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.