Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Wednesday, February 24, 1960. Forty-six speed skaters from 15 nations competed.[1]

Men's 500 metres speed skating
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueSquaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date24 February 1960
Competitors46 from 15 nations
Winning time40.2 =WR
Medalists
Yevgeny Grishin  Soviet Union
Bill Disney  United States
Rafayel Grach  Soviet Union
Speed skating at the
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Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Yevgeny Grishin
 Soviet Union		 Bill Disney
 United States		 Rafayel Grach
 Soviet Union

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.

World record 40.2(*) Yevgeny Grishin Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) January 22, 1956
40.2(*) Yevgeny Grishin Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) January 28, 1956
Olympic record 40.2(*) Yevgeny Grishin Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA) January 28, 1956

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Yevgeny Grishin equalized his own standing world and Olympic record.

Results

Yevgeny Grishin was the first speed skater who was able to defend his 500 metres Olympic title.

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1 Yevgeny Grishin (URS)40.2 =WR
2 Bill Disney (USA)40.3
3 Rafayel Grach (URS)40.4
4 Hans Wilhelmsson (SWE)40.5
5 Gennady Voronin (URS)40.7
6 Alv Gjestvang (NOR)40.8
7 Terry McDermott (USA)40.9
 Toivo Salonen (FIN)40.9
9 Fumio Nagakubo (JPN)41.1
10 Henk van der Grift (NED)41.2
 Yury Malyshev (URS)41.2
 Eddie Rudolph (USA)41.2
13 Colin Hickey (AUS)41.3
14 Hroar Elvenes (NOR)41.4
15 André Kouprianoff (FRA)41.5
16 Yoshitaki Hori (JPN)41.8
 Juhani Järvinen (FIN)41.8
18 Raymond Gilloz (FRA)42.0
19 Leo Tynkkynen (FIN)42.1
20 Knut Johannesen (NOR)42.3
 Helmut Kuhnert (EUA)42.3
 Herbert Söllner (EUA)42.3
 Günther Tilch (EUA)42.3
24 Nils Aaness (NOR)42.5
 Manfred Schüler (EUA)42.5
26 Per-Olof Brogren (SWE)42.7
27 Johnny Sands (CAN)42.8
28 Wim de Graaff (NED)42.9
29 Franz Offenberger (AUT)43.0
30 Olle Dahlberg (SWE)43.1
 Ralf Olin (CAN)43.1
32 Mario Gios (ITA)43.3
33 Jan Pesman (NED)43.4
 Gunnar Sjölin (SWE)43.4
35 Roy Tutty (AUS)43.5
36 Takeo Mizoo (JPN)43.7
 Antonio Nitto (ITA)43.7
38 Terry Monaghan (GBR)44.0
39 Renato De Riva (ITA)44.1
40 Hermann Strutz (AUT)44.4
41 Larry Mason (CAN)44.7
42 Jouko Jokinen (FIN)45.1
43 Shinkichi Takemura (JPN)45.9
44 Jang Yeong (KOR)50.0
— Bill Carow (USA)DNF
 Terry Malkin (GBR)DNF

References
  1. "Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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