Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
Dates10 February
Competitors29 from 16 nations
Winning time39.17 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yevgeny Kulikov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valery Muratov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dan Immerfall
 United States
← 1972
1980 →

Records

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

World record   Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) 37.00 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 29 March 1975
Olympic record   Erhard Keller (FRG) 39.44 Sapporo, Japan 5 February 1972

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
10 February   Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) 39.17 OR

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Difference Notes
  3 o Yevgeny Kulikov   Soviet Union 39.17 OR
  10 i Valery Muratov   Soviet Union 39.25 +0.08
  10 o Dan Immerfall   United States 39.54 +0.37
4 8 i Mats Wallberg   Sweden 39.56 +0.39
5 2 i Peter Mueller   United States 39.57 +0.40
6 7 o Jan Bazen   Netherlands 39.78 +0.61
4 o Arnulf Sunde   Norway 39.78 +0.61
8 13 i Andrey Malikov   Soviet Union 39.85 +0.68
9 13 o Oloph Granath   Sweden 39.93 +0.76
10 14 i Jim Chapin   United States 40.09 +0.92
11 11 i Tom Overend   Canada 40.22 +1.05
5 o Masaki Suzuki   Japan 40.22 +1.05
13 5 i Johan Granath   Sweden 40.25 +1.08
14 4 i Gaétan Boucher   Canada 40.53 +1.36
15 6 y Pertti Niittylä   Finland 40.65 +1.48
16 11 o Norio Hirate   Japan 40.85 +1.68
1 o Archie Marshall   Great Britain 40.85 +1.68
18 15 o Mikio Oyama   Japan 40.90 +1.73
19 8 o Hans van Helden   Netherlands 40.91 +1.74
1 i Emmanuel Michon   France 40.91 +1.74
21 12 o Kay Arne Stenshjemmet   Norway 40.94 +1.77
22 6 i Lee Yeong-ha   South Korea 41.08 +1.91
23 2 o Bruno Toniolli   Italy 41.44 +2.27
24 9 o Harald Oehme   East Germany 41.54 +2.37
25 12 o Colin Coates   Australia 41.77 +2.60
26 7 i Berend Schabus   Austria 42.33 +3.16
27 9 i Heinz Steinberger   Austria 43.28 +4.11
28 14 o Jan Egil Storholt   Norway 1:18.00 +38.83
- 3 o Horst Freese   West Germany DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.