Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's 500 metres
Games:	1992 Winter
Venue:	L'anneau de vitesse
Dates:	15 February
Competitors:	43
Nations:	17
Win Value:	37.14
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Uwe-Jens Mey
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Junichi Inoue
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1988
Next:	1994

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 15 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	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	4	O			37.14	-
	6	I			37.18	+0.04
	3	I			37.26	+0.12
4	2	O			37.46	+0.32
5	4	I			37.49	+0.35
5	11	O			37.49	+0.35
7	1	O			37.51	+0.37
8	5	I			37.57	+0.43
9	16	O			37.58	+0.44
10	9	O			37.60	+0.46
11	15	I			37.66	+0.52
12	10	O			37.71	+0.57
13	1	I			37.83	+0.69
14	11	I			37.86	+0.72
14	6	I			37.86	+0.72
16	3	O			37.89	+0.75
17	12	I			38.02	+0.88
18	21	I			38.12	+0.98
19	8	I			38.15	+1.01
20	9	I			38.24	+1.10
21	2	I			38.26	+1.12
22	10	I			38.28	+1.14
23	5	O			38.33	+1.19
24	15	O			38.38	+1.24
25	18	O			38.40	+1.26
26	14	I			38.48	+1.34
27	17	I			38.51	+1.37
27	13	O			38.51	+1.37
29	20	O			38.61	+1.47
30	7	I			38.70	+1.56
31	21	O			38.74	+1.60
31	12	O			38.74	+1.60
33	7	O			38.89	+1.75
34	20	I			39.06	+1.92
35	14	O			39.59	+2.45
36	19	I			39.70	+2.56
37	18	I			40.41	+3.27
38	22	O			40.71	+3.57
39	16	I			40.92	+3.78
40	8	O			42.18	+5.04
41	19	O			42.20	+5.06
42	13	I			43.09	+5.95
43	17	O			43.81	+6.67

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . 29 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224922/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/SSK/mens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 4 November 2019.
3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.