Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February, at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.[1][2]
Men's 500 metres speed skating at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 4 February 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 40.1 OR | ||||||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
World record | Yevgeny Grishin (URS) | 39.5 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 28 January 1963 |
Olympic record | Yevgeny Grishin (URS) Yevgeny Grishin (URS) |
40.2 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Squaw Valley, United States |
28 January 1956 24 February 1960 |
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
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4 February | Terry McDermott (USA) | 40.1 | OR |
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.