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Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

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Men's 500 metres speed skating
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueRiessersee
Date11 February 1936
Competitors36 from 14 nations
Winning time43.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivar Ballangrud  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georg Krog  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Freisinger  United States
← 1932
1948 →

The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, 11 February 1936. Thirty-six speed skaters from 14 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway
Georg Krog
 Norway
Leo Freisinger
 United States

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record 42.4(*) United States Allan Potts Oslo (NOR) 18 January 1936
Olympic Record 43.4 Finland Clas Thunberg St. Moritz (SUI) 13 February 1928
43.4 Norway Bernt Evensen St. Moritz (SUI) 13 February 1928
43.4(**) United States Jack Shea Lake Placid (USA) 4 February 1932

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

(**) This time was set in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.

Ivar Ballangrud equalized the Olympic record with 43.4 seconds.

Results

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Place Athlete Time
1  Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 43.4
2  Georg Krog (NOR) 43.5
3  Leo Freisinger (USA) 44.0
4  Shozo Ishihara (JPN) 44.1
5  Delbert Lamb (USA) 44.2
6  Karl Leban (AUT) 44.8
 Allan Potts (USA) 44.8
8  Antero Ojala (FIN) 44.9
 Jorma Ruissalo (FIN) 44.9
 Birger Wasenius (FIN) 44.9
11  Reikichi Nakamura (JPN) 45.0
 Robert Petersen (USA) 45.0
13  Karl Wazulek (AUT) 45.1
14  Alfons Bērziņš (LAT) 45.7
 Dolf van der Scheer (NED) 45.7
16  Jānis Andriksons (LAT) 45.9
 Seitoku Ri (JPN) 45.9
18  Axel Johansson (SWE) 46.1
19  Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) 46.2
 Willi Sandner (GER) 46.2
21  Ferdinand Preindl (AUT) 46.4
22  Aleksander Mitt (EST) 46.6
 Kunio Nando (JPN) 46.6
24  Lou Dijkstra (NED) 46.7
 Jan Langedijk (NED) 46.7
 Gustav Slanec (AUT) 46.7
27  Ben Blaisse (NED) 46.9
28  Heinz Sames (GER) 47.0
29  Kenneth Kennedy (AUS) 47.4
30  Jaroslav Turnovský (TCH) 47.8
31  Thomas White (CAN) 49.6
32  Oldřich Hanč (TCH) 49.8
33  James Graeffe (BEL) 54.6
34  Harry Haraldsen (NOR) 54.9
35  Charles De Ligne (BEL) 1:44.6
 Hans Engnestangen (NOR) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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