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

Event:	Men's 500 metres
Games:	1972 Winter
Venue:	Makomanai Open Stadium
Dates:	5 February
Competitors:	38
Nations:	16
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	39.44 OR
Gold:	Erhard Keller
Goldnoc:	FRG
Silver:	Hasse Börjes
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Valery Muratov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

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]}

Records

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

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

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
5 February	Pair 1			39.69	OR
5 February	Pair 3			39.44	OR

Results

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			39.44
			39.69
			39.80
4			39.91
5			40.12
6			40.14
7			40.25
8			40.35
9			40.41
10			40.55
11			40.58
12			40.60
13			40.62
14			40.65
15			40.67
16			40.79
17			41.08
18			41.14
19			41.28
20			41.30
21			41.35
22			41.42
23			42.14
24			42.59
25			42.67
			42.67
27			42.81
28			42.86
29			42.87
30			43.01
31			43.03
32			43.04
33			43.06
34			43.40
35			43.51
36			44.74
-			DNF
-			DNF

Notes and References

1. Web site: The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972. LA84 Foundation. Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. 1972. 29 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/SSK/mens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 30 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.