Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February, at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres speed skating
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck
Date4 February 1964
Competitors44 from 19 nations
Winning time40.1 OR
Medalists
Terry McDermott  United States
Alv Gjestvang  Norway
Yevgeny Grishin  Soviet Union
Vladimir Orlov  Soviet Union

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record Yevgeny Grishin (URS)39.5Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union28 January 1963
Olympic record Yevgeny Grishin (URS)
 Yevgeny Grishin (URS)
40.2Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Squaw Valley, United States
28 January 1956
24 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

DateAthleteTimeORWR
4 February Terry McDermott (USA)40.1OR

Results

[1]

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Terry McDermott United States40.1OR
Alv Gjestvang Norway40.6
Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union40.6
Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union40.6
5Keiichi Suzuki Japan40.7
6Eddie Rudolph, Jr. United States40.9
7Heike Hedlund Sweden41.0
8Bill Disney United States41.1
Villy Haugen Norway41.1
10Hroar Elvenes Norway41.4
Raymond Fonvieille France41.4
Rafael Grach Soviet Union41.4
Simo Rinne Finland41.4
14Tom Gray United States41.5
15Boris Gulyayev Soviet Union41.7
16Helmut Kuhnert United Team of Germany41.8
Pekka Lattunen Finland41.8
Fumio Nagakubo Japan41.8
19Juhani Järvinen Finland41.9
Kim Zin-hook North Korea41.9
21Magne Thomassen Norway42.0
22Björn Lekman Sweden42.1
23Toivo Salonen Finland42.2
24Herbert Höfl United Team of Germany42.3
Günther Tilch United Team of Germany42.3
26André Kouprianoff France42.5
27Terry Malkin Great Britain42.6
Bo Ollander Sweden42.6
29Manne Lavås Sweden42.7
30Ri Sung-ryool North Korea43.0
31Elio Locatelli Italy43.1
32Oldřich Teplý Czechoslovakia43.2
33François Brueren Belgium43.4
Günter Traub United Team of Germany43.4Ŕ
35Manfred Zojer Austria43.5
36Peter Toyfl Austria43.7
37Mihály Martos Hungary44.0
38Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam Mongolia44.1
39Ralf Olin Canada44.2
40György Ivánkai Hungary44.3
41Satoshi Shinpo Japan44.4
42Choi Yeong-Bae South Korea44.8
43Jean-Pierre Guéron Switzerland44.9
44Thomas Dawson Great Britain45.2

References

  1. "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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