Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
Appearance
Men's 500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 15 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 38.03 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
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]
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 |
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15 February | Pair 1 | Eric Heiden | United States | 38.03 | OR |
Results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.