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

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueZetra Ice Rink
Dates10 February
Competitors42 from 20 nations
Winning time38.19
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Fokichev
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yoshihiro Kitazawa
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gaétan Boucher
 Canada
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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   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

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time
  1 o Sergey Fokichev   Soviet Union 38.19
  5 i Yoshihiro Kitazawa   Japan 38.30
  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

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  1. ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 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.