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

Event:	Men's 500 metres
Games:	1984 Winter
Venue:	Zetra Ice Rink
Dates:	10 February
Competitors:	42
Nations:	20
Win Value:	38.19
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Sergey Fokichev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Yoshihiro Kitazawa
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Gaétan Boucher
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

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]}

Records

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

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time
	1	o			38.19
	5	i			38.30
	7	i			38.39
4	6	i			38.55
5	1	i			38.56
6	4	o			38.57
7	6	o			38.58
8	2	o			38.65
9	16	o			38.66
10	4	i			38.70
11	7	o			38.87
12	9	o			38.92
13	10	i			38.94
14	3	i			39.03
15	9	i			39.12
16	2	i			39.13
17	5	o			39.15
18	10	o			39.28
19	14	o			39.39
20	22	o			39.45
	3	o			39.45
22	8	i			39.47
23	17	i			39.57
24	14	i			39.71
25	19	i			39.72
26	11	i			39.78
27	20	i			39.88
28	11	i			39.90
29	17	i			40.30
	13	i			40.30
31	15	o			40.35
32	20	o			40.52
33	18	i			40.54
34	8	o			40.64
35	13	o			40.75
36	16	i			41.18
37	19	o			41.23
38	15	i			41.67
39	21	i			42.55
40	21	o			43.47
41	18	o			46.34
42	12	i			63.08

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarajevo 1984 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. 1984. 16 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 November 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.