Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres speed skating
at the X Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
Date14 February 1968
Competitors48 from 17 nations
Winning time40.3
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erhard Keller  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Terry McDermott  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Magne Thomassen  Norway
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Erhard Keller (FRG) 39.2 Inzell, West Germany 28 January 1968
Olympic record  Terry McDermott (USA) 40.1 Innsbruck, Austria 4 February 1964

Results

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erhard Keller  West Germany 40.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Terry McDermott  United States 40.5
Magne Thomassen  Norway 40.5
4 Yevgeny Grishin  Soviet Union 40.6
5 Neil Blatchford  United States 40.7
Arne Herjuaune  Norway 40.7
John Wurster  United States 40.7
8 Seppo Hänninen  Finland 40.8
Håkan Holmgren  Sweden 40.8
Keiichi Suzuki  Japan 40.8
11 Herbert Höfl  West Germany 41.0
Anatoly Lepyoshkin  Soviet Union 41.0
13 Roar Grønvold  Norway 41.1
Ard Schenk  Netherlands 41.1
15 Hasse Börjes  Sweden 41.2
Heike Hedlund  Sweden 41.2
Masaki Suzuki  Japan 41.2
18 Valery Muratov  Soviet Union 41.4
19 John Tipper  Great Britain 41.5
Gerd Zimmermann  West Germany 41.5
21 Tom Gray  United States 41.6
Valery Kaplan  Soviet Union 41.6
23 Kimmo Koskinen  Finland 41.7
24 Manne Lavås  Sweden 41.8
25 Bob Boucher  Canada 42.0
26 Otmar Braunecker  Austria 42.1
Elio Locatelli  Italy 42.1
Geoff Stockdale  Great Britain 42.1
29 Johan Lind  Norway 42.3
30 Peter Nottet  Netherlands 42.4
31 Mihály Martos  Hungary 42.5
Günter Traub  West Germany 42.5
33 Tamio Dejima  Japan 42.6
Jouko Launonen  Finland 42.6
Kees Verkerk  Netherlands 42.6
Pete Williamson  Canada 42.6
37 Takayuki Hida  Japan 42.9
38 Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam  Mongolia 43.0
György Martos  Hungary 43.0
40 Olavi Hjellman  Finland 43.1
41 Colin Coates  Australia 43.3
Bob Hodges  Canada 43.3
43 Ruedi Uster  Switzerland 43.6
44 Hansruedi Widmer  Switzerland 43.7
45 Michel Thépénier  France 43.8
46 François Perrenoud  France 44.1
- David Bodington  Great Britain DNF
- Jan Bols  Netherlands DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 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.
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