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

Event:	Men's 500 metres speed skating
Games:	1968 Winter
Venue:	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Date:	14 February 1968
Competitors:	48
Nations:	17
Win Value:	40.3
Gold:	Erhard Keller
Goldnoc:	FRG
Silver:	Terry McDermott
Silvernoc:	USA
Silver2:	Magne Thomassen
Silvernoc2:	NOR
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

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

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

Results

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
			40.3
			40.5
			40.5
4			40.6
5			40.7
			40.7
			40.7
8			40.8
			40.8
			40.8
11			41.0
			41.0
13			41.1
			41.1
15			41.2
			41.2
			41.2
18			41.4
19			41.5
			41.5
21			41.6
			41.6
23			41.7
24			41.8
25			42.0
26			42.1
			42.1
			42.1
29			42.3
30			42.4
31			42.5
			42.5
33			42.6
			42.6
			42.6
			42.6
37			42.9
38			43.0
			43.0
40			43.1
41			43.3
			43.3
43			43.6
44			43.7
45			43.8
46			44.1
-			DNF
-			DNF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble. LA84 Foundation. Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. 1968. 29 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204043/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/SSK/mens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 October 2019.
3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.