Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres explained

Event:Men's 500 metres
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Gangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date:19 February
Competitors:36
Nations:17
Win Value:34.41 OR
Gold:Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
Goldnoc:NOR
Silver:Cha Min-kyu
Silvernoc:KOR
Bronze:Gao Tingyu
Bronzenoc:CHN
Prev:2014
Next:2022

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1] [2]

Competition schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.

The following records were set during this competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
19 February Pair 14 34.42 TR
Pair 16 34.41 OR, TR
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

The race was started at 20:53.[3]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
16 O 34.41 OR, TR
14 O 34.42 +0.01 TR
12 I 34.65 +0.24
18 O 34.68 +0.27
17 I 34.78 +0.37
12 O 34.831 +0.42
16 I 34.839 +0.42
15 O 34.89 +0.48
17 O 34.90 +0.49
10 10 O 34.930 +0.52
11 18 I 34.934 +0.52
12 13 I 35.01 +0.60
13 15 I 35.02 +0.61
14 1 I 35.08 +0.67
15 10 I 35.13 +0.72
16 11 O 35.154 +0.74
17 14 I 35.158 +0.74
18 13 O 35.16 +0.75
19 9 O 35.192 +0.78
20 6 O 35.196 +0.78
21 1 O 35.22 +0.81
22 5 I 35.23 +0.82
23 7 O 35.31 +0.90
24 6 I 35.33 +0.92
25 2 O 35.34 +0.93
26 2 I 35.38 +0.97
27 5 O 35.41 +1.00
28 8 I 35.500 +1.09
29 3 O 35.506 +1.09
30 4 I 35.51 +1.10
31 4 O 35.545 +1.13
32 3 I 35.546 +1.13
33 11 I 35.64 +1.23
34 7 I 35.86 +1.45
35 9 I 35.92 +1.51
36 8 O 58.71 +24.30

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venues. www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. 26 December 2017. 17 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217011059/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues. dead.
  2. Web site: Schedule . . 15 September 2017 . 5 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule . dead .
  3. Web site: Final results . 2018-02-19 . 2018-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219133412/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73A_SSKM500M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .