Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres explained

Event:Men's 500 metres
Games:1998 Winter
Venue:M-Wave
Dates:9–10 February
Competitors:42
Nations:16
Longnames:yes
Win Value:1:11.35 OR
Gold:Hiroyasu Shimizu
Goldnoc:JPN
Silver:Jeremy Wotherspoon
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Kevin Overland
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:1994
Next:2002

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 9 and 10 February, at the M-Wave.[1] [2]

Records

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

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Athlete Country Time OR WR
9 February 36.30 OR
9 February 35.81 OR
9 February 35.78 OR
9 February 35.76 OR
10 February 35.59 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Notes
35.76 35.59 1:11.35
36.04 35.80 1:11.84
35.78 36.08 1:11.86
4 35.90 36.10 1:12.00
5 35.96 36.09 1:12.05
6 35.81 36.39 1:12.20
7 36.13 36.23 1:12.36
8 36.14 36.41 1:12.55
9 36.30 36.36 1:12.66
10 36.53 36.15 1:12.68
11 36.56 36.19 1:12.75
12 36.66 36.11 1:12.77
13 36.37 36.41 1:12.78
14 36.56 36.30 1:12.86
15 36.61 36.30 1:12.91
16 36.37 36.60 1:12.97
16 36.58 36.39 1:12.97
18 36.58 36.46 1:13.04
19 36.78 36.41 1:13.19
20 36.67 36.54 1:13.21
21 36.69 36.54 1:13.23
22 36.76 36.51 1:13.27
23 36.94 36.41 1:13.35
24 36.87 36.57 1:13.44
25 36.67 36.86 1:13.53
26 36.86 36.68 1:13.54
27 36.79 36.79 1:13.58
28 36.77 36.95 1:13.72
29 36.90 36.86 1:13.76
30 37.11 36.80 1:13.91
31 37.03 36.95 1:13.98
32 37.22 36.92 1:14.14
33 37.32 36.86 1:14.18
34 37.19 37.13 1:14.32
35 37.27 37.19 1:14.46
36 37.35 37.76 1:15.11
37 38.48 38.08 1:16.56
38 78.68 37.81 1:56.49
- 35.96 DNF -
- 36.32 DNF -
- 36.92 DNF -
- DQ - -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 29 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
  2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/mens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 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.