Olympian Database
Men's 500 m - Speed Skating |  | ||||
 Men's 500 m 1972
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Erhard Keller |  |
FRG | 39,44 | OR |
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Hasse Börjes |  |
SWE | 39,69 | |
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Valery Muratov |  |
URS | 39,80 | |
| 4. | Per Bjørang |  |
NOR | 39,91 | |
| 5. | Seppo Hänninen |  |
FIN | 40,12 | |
| 6. | Leo Linkovesi | |
FIN | 40,14 | |
| 7. | Ove König | |
SWE | 40,25 | |
| 8. | Masaki Suzuki |  |
JPN | 40,35 | |
| 9. | Mats Wallberg | |
SWE | 40,41 | |
| 10. | Hans Lichtenstern | |
FRG | 40,55 | |
| 11. | Peter Eberling |  |
USA | 40,58 | |
| 12. | Lasse Efskind | |
NOR | 40,60 | |
| 13. | Takayuki Hida | |
JPN | 40,62 | |
| 14. | Vladimir Komarov | |
URS | 40,65 | |
| 15. | Neil Blatchford | |
USA | 40,67 | |
| 16. | Johan Granath | |
SWE | 40,79 | |
| 17. | Norio Hirate | |
JPN | 41,08 | |
| 18. | Johan Lind | |
NOR | 41,14 | |
| 19. | Keiichi Suzuki | |
JPN | 41,28 | |
| 20. | Gregory Lyman | |
USA | 41,30 | |
| 21. | Gerhard Zimmermann | |
FRG | 41,35 | |
| 22. | Jung Chung-ku |  |
KOR | 41,42 | |
| 23. | Otmar Braunecker |  |
AUT | 42,14 | |
| 24. | David Hampton |  |
GBR | 42,59 | |
| 25. | Bruno Toniolli |  |
ITA | 42,67 | |
| - | Frits Verheijen |  |
NED | 42,67 | |
| 27. | Jouko Salakka | |
FIN | 42,81 | |
| 28. | Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam |  |
MGL | 42,86 | |
| 29. | Gerard Cassan |  |
CAN | 42,87 | |
| 30. | John Cassidy | |
CAN | 43,01 | |
| 31. | Herbert Schwarz | |
FRG | 43,03 | |
| 32. | Jacob van Dijk | |
NED | 43,04 | |
| 33. | Richard Tourne |  |
FRA | 43,06 | |
| 34. | Ard Schenk | |
NED | 43,40 | |
| 35. | James Lynch |  |
AUS | 43,51 | |
| 36. | Colin Coates | |
AUS | 44,74 | |
| John Wurster | |
USA | dnf | ||
| Ole Christian Iversen | |
NOR | dnf | ||
| Men's 500 m - Speed Skating - Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics
Event Format:
Skaters raced against the clock although they raced in pairs on separate lanes on an oval rink (inner and outer lanes). Skaters had to change lanes in the back straightaway of each lap in order to skate an equal distance. The skater on the outer lane had the right of way and the skater leaving the inner lane should avoid collision. The Olympic gold medal winner was the athlete with the fastest time for the race. Event facts: Men's 500 m competition was held at the Makomanai Speed Skating Rink and 37 athletes participated in the event. |
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| These results for Men's 500 m - Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics - are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
