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

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]

Men's 500 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
Dates9–10 February
Competitors42 from 16 nations
Winning time1:11.35
Medalists
Hiroyasu Shimizu
 Japan
Jeremy Wotherspoon
 Canada
Kevin Overland
 Canada

Records

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

World record Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)35.39Calgary, Canada2 March 1996
Olympic record Aleksandr Golubev (RUS)36.33Hamar, Norway14 February 1994

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateAthleteCountryTimeORWR
9 FebruaryErmanno Ioriatti Italy36.30OR
9 FebruaryCasey FitzRandolph United States35.81OR
9 FebruaryKevin Overland Canada35.78OR
9 FebruaryHiroyasu Shimizu Japan35.76OR
10 FebruaryHiroyasu Shimizu| Japan35.59OR

Results

[1]

RankNameCountryRace 1Race 2TotalNotes
Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan35.7635.591:11.35OR
Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada36.0435.801:11.84
Kevin Overland Canada35.7836.081:11.86
4Sylvain Bouchard Canada35.9036.101:12.00
5Pat Bouchard Canada35.9636.091:12.05
6Casey FitzRandolph United States35.8136.391:12.20
7Kim Yun-Man South Korea36.1336.231:12.36
8Lee Kyu-Hyuk South Korea36.1436.411:12.55
9Ermanno Ioriatti Italy36.3036.361:12.66
10Roger Strøm Norway36.5336.151:12.68
11Michael Künzel Germany36.5636.191:12.75
12Jan Bos Netherlands36.6636.111:12.77
13Manabu Horii Japan36.3736.411:12.78
14Sergey Klevchenya Russia36.5636.301:12.86
15Hiroaki Yamakage Japan36.6136.301:12.91
16Toshiyuki Kuroiwa Japan36.3736.601:12.97
16Jegal Seong-Ryeol South Korea36.5836.391:12.97
18Janne Hänninen Finland36.5836.461:13.04
19Christian Breuer Germany36.7836.411:13.19
20Aleksandr Golubev Russia36.6736.541:13.21
21Jakko Jan Leeuwangh Netherlands36.6936.541:13.23
22Paweł Abratkiewicz Poland36.7636.511:13.27
23Marc Pelchat United States36.9436.411:13.35
24Vadim Shakshakbayev Kazakhstan36.8736.571:13.44
25Dave Cruikshank United States36.6736.861:13.53
26Tomasz Świst Poland36.8636.681:13.54
27Li Yu China36.7936.791:13.58
28Liu Hongbo China36.7736.951:13.72
29Roland Brunner Austria36.9036.861:13.76
30Davide Carta Italy37.1136.801:13.91
31Dai Dengwen China37.0336.951:13.98
32Vladimir Klepinin Kazakhstan37.2236.921:14.14
33Aleksandr Kibalko Russia37.3236.861:14.18
34Kim Jin-su South Korea37.1937.131:14.32
35Oleh Kostromitin Ukraine37.2737.191:14.46
36Cory Carpenter United States37.3537.761:15.11
37Zsolt Baló Hungary38.4838.081:16.56
38Ids Postma Netherlands78.6837.811:56.49
-Erben Wennemars Netherlands35.96DNF-
-Grunde Njøs Norway36.32DNF-
-Peter Adeberg Germany36.92DNF-
-Sergey Savelyev RussiaDQ--

References

  1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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