Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 15
Competitors37 from 18 nations
Winning time38.03 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Heiden  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yevgeny Kulikov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lieuwe de Boer  Netherlands
← 1976
1984 →

Records edit

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   Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) 39.17 Innsbruck, Austria 10 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
15 February Pair 1 Eric Heiden   United States 38.03 OR

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Difference Notes
  1 o Eric Heiden   United States 38.03 OR
  1 i Yevgeny Kulikov   Soviet Union 38.37 +0.34
  5 o Lieuwe de Boer   Netherlands 38.48 +0.45
4 2 o Frode Rønning   Norway 38.66 +0.63
5 6 i Dan Immerfall   United States 38.69 +0.66
6 5 i Jarle Pedersen   Norway 38.83 +0.80
7 2 i Anatoly Medennikov   Soviet Union 38.88 +0.85
8 3 o Gaétan Boucher   Canada 38.90 +0.87
9 19 i Jan Józwik   Poland 39.01 +0.98
10 7 i Jan-Åke Carlberg   Sweden 39.03 +1.00
11 8 o Steffen Doering   East Germany 39.06 +1.03
12 3 i Oloph Granath   Sweden 39.15 +1.12
13 16 i Andreas Dietel   East Germany 39.21 +1.18
14 6 o Kaoru Fukuda   Japan 39.24 +1.21
15 17 o Sergey Khlebnikov   Soviet Union 39.25 +1.22
16 9 o Kai Arne Engelstad   Norway 39.30 +1.27
4 i Bert de Jong   Netherlands 39.30 +1.27
18 9 o Jukka Salmela   Finland 39.32 +1.29
19 14 o Lee Yeong-Ha   South Korea 39.33 +1.30
20 10 o Kazuaki Ichimura   Japan 39.44 +1.41
21 10 i Emmanuel Michon   France 39.47 +1.44
22 15 i Pertti Niittylä   Finland 39.54 +1.51
23 14 i Wang Nianchun   China 39.73 +1.70
24 4 o Jim Chapin   United States 39.74 +1.71
25 13 o Esa Puolakka   Finland 39.76 +1.73
26 5 i Jacques Thibault   Canada 40.11 +2.08
27 15 o Vasile Coroş   Romania 40.30 +2.27
28 7 o Hilbert van der Duim   Netherlands 40.42 +2.39
11 i Giovanni Paganin   Italy 40.42 +2.39
30 13 i Dezideriu Jenei   Romania 40.84 +2.81
31 11 o Zhao Weichang   China 41.18 +3.15
32 12 o Mike Richmond   Australia 41.22 +3.19
33 16 o Su He   China 41.26 +3.23
34 17 i Dorjiin Tsenddoo   Mongolia 41.68 +3.65
35 18 o Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa   Mongolia 42.41 +4.38
36 8 i Johan Granath   Sweden 1:21.44 +43.41 Fall
- 12 i Archie Marshall   Great Britain DQ

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.