Speed Skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |||||
Facts - Men's 500 m - Nagano 1998 | |||||
Venue: Kita Nagaike, Nagano | |||||
Participants: 42 athletes participated in the event. | |||||
Schedule: The final took place on Tuesday, February 10, 1998 and competitions began on Monday, February 9, 1998. |
Format: Skaters raced in pairs on separate tracks (the inner and outer lanes) on a 400 m oval rink. Skaters switched lanes after the first half of the race in order to skate an equal distance. The 500 m distance was skated twice on the same day and the olympic gold medal winner was the athlete with the best total time for the two races
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This information about Men's 500 m - Speed Skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
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