Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates14 February
Competitors40 from 16 nations
Winning time36.33 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Golubev
 Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Klevchenya
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manabu Horii
 Japan
← 1992
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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   Dan Jansen (USA) 35.76 Calgary, Canada 30 January 1994
Olympic record   Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) 36.45 Calgary, Canada 14 February 1988

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
14 February Pair 6 Sergey Klevchenya   Russia 36.39 OR
14 February Pair 9 Aleksandr Golubev   Russia 36.33 OR

Results

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Rank Pair   Lane Name Country Time Difference Notes
  9 I Aleksandr Golubev   Russia 36.33 - OR
   I Sergey Klevchenya   Russia 36.39 +0.06
   O Manabu Horii   Japan 36.53 +0.20
4  I Liu Hongbo   China 36.54 +0.21
5  O Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan 36.60 +0.27
6  I Junichi Inoue   Japan 36.63 +0.30
7  O Grunde Njøs   Norway 36.66 +0.33
8  I Dan Jansen   United States 36.68 +0.35
9  O Yasunori Miyabe   Japan 36.72 +0.39
10  O Igor Zhelezovski   Belarus 36.73 +0.40
11  I Sylvain Bouchard   Canada 37.01 +0.68
12  I Pat Kelly   Canada 37.07 +0.74
11   I Vadim Shakshakbayev   Kazakhstan 37.07 +0.74
14   O Kim Yoon-man   South Korea 37.10 +0.77
15  I Mikhail Vostroknutov   Russia 37.15 +0.82
16  I Andrey Bakhvalov   Russia 37.24 +0.91
17  O Sean Ireland   Canada 37.30 +0.97
18 14   O Peter Adeberg   Germany 37.35 +1.02
19 10   I Dave Cruikshank   United States 37.37 +1.04
20 20   O Nate Mills   United States 37.41 +1.08
21  I Gerard van Velde   Netherlands 37.45 +1.12
22 12   I Roland Brunner   Austria 37.47 +1.14
23 20   I Oleh Kostromitin   Ukraine 37.50 +1.17
24 11   O Arie Loef   Netherlands 37.52 +1.19
25 15   O Hans Markström   Sweden 37.53 +1.20
26 13   I Mike Ireland   Canada 37.67 +1.34
27 18   I Dave Besteman   United States 37.68 +1.35
28 10   O Lars Funke   Germany 37.80 +1.47
29 19   I Alessandro De Taddei   Italy 37.87 +1.54
30 13   O Jaegal Sung-yeol   South Korea 37.90 +1.57
31 19   O Nico van der Vlies   Netherlands 37.94 +1.61
32 17   O Davide Carta   Italy 37.98 +1.65
33 16   O Vladimir Klepinin   Kazakhstan 38.09 +1.76
34 16   I Magnus Enfeldt   Sweden 38.10 +1.77
34 18   O Lee Jae-sik   South Korea 38.10 +1.77
36 12   O Lee Kyou-hyuk   South Korea 38.13 +1.80
37 14   I Arjan Schreuder   Netherlands 38.33 +2.00
38 15   I Zsolt Baló   Romania 38.56 +2.23
39 17   I Michael Spielmann   Germany 38.58 +2.25
-  I Roger Strøm   Norway DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ "500m Men Olympic Record Progressin". International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.