Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 5 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
Dates5 February
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Winning time39.44 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erhard Keller
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hasse Börjes
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valery Muratov
 Soviet Union
← 1968
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Records

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

World record   Leo Linkovesi (FIN) 38.0 Davos, Switzerland 8 January 1972
Olympic record   Terry McDermott (USA) 40.1 Innsbruck, Austria 4 February 1964

The following new Olympic and World records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
5 February Pair 1 Hasse Börjes   Sweden 39.69 OR
5 February Pair 3 Erhard Keller   West Germany 39.44 OR

Results

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Erhard Keller   West Germany 39.44 OR
  Hasse Börjes   Sweden 39.69
  Valery Muratov   Soviet Union 39.80
4 Per Bjørang   Norway 39.91
5 Seppo Hänninen   Finland 40.12
6 Leo Linkovesi   Finland 40.14
7 Ove König   Sweden 40.25
8 Masaki Suzuki   Japan 40.35
9 Mats Wallberg   Sweden 40.41
10 Hans Lichtenstern   West Germany 40.55
11 Pete Eberling   United States 40.58
12 Lasse Efskind   Norway 40.60
13 Takayuki Hida   Japan 40.62
14 Vladimir Komarov   Soviet Union 40.65
15 Neil Blatchford   United States 40.67
16 Johan Granath   Sweden 40.79
17 Norio Hirate   Japan 41.08
18 Johan Lind   Norway 41.14
19 Keiichi Suzuki   Japan 41.28
20 Greg Lyman   United States 41.30
21 Gerd Zimmermann   West Germany 41.35
22 Jeong Chung-gu   South Korea 41.42
23 Otmar Braunecker   Austria 42.14
24 David Hampton   Great Britain 42.59
25 Bruno Toniolli   Italy 42.67
Eddy Verheijen   Netherlands 42.67
27 Jouko Salakka   Finland 42.81
28 Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam   Mongolia 42.86
29 Gerry Cassan   Canada 42.87
30 John Cassidy   Canada 43.01
31 Herbert Schwarz   West Germany 43.03
32 Jappie van Dijk   Netherlands 43.04
33 Richard Tourne   France 43.06
34 Ard Schenk   Netherlands 43.40
35 Jim Lynch   Australia 43.51
36 Colin Coates   Australia 44.74
- Ole Christian Iversen   Norway DNF
- John Wurster   United States DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.