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

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Men's 500 metres speed skating
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueSquaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date24 February 1960
Competitors46 from 15 nations
Winning time40.2 =WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yevgeny Grishin File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bill Disney File:US flag 49 stars.svg United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rafayel Grach File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

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]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Yevgeny Grishin
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Bill Disney
File:US flag 49 stars.svg United States
Rafayel Grach
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Records

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

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

Place Speed skater Time
1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeny Grishin (URS) 40.2 =WR
2 File:US flag 49 stars.svg Bill Disney (USA) 40.3
3 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rafayel Grach (URS) 40.4
4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Hans Wilhelmsson (SWE) 40.5
5 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Voronin (URS) 40.7
6 File:Flag of Norway.svg Alv Gjestvang (NOR) 40.8
7 File:US flag 49 stars.svg Terry McDermott (USA) 40.9
File:Flag of Finland.svg Toivo Salonen (FIN) 40.9
9 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Fumio Nagakubo (JPN) 41.1
10 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henk van der Grift (NED) 41.2
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yury Malyshev (URS) 41.2
File:US flag 49 stars.svg Eddie Rudolph (USA) 41.2
13 File:Flag of Australia.svg Colin Hickey (AUS) 41.3
14 File:Flag of Norway.svg Hroar Elvenes (NOR) 41.4
15 File:Flag of France.svg André Kouprianoff (FRA) 41.5
16 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshitaki Hori (JPN) 41.8
File:Flag of Finland.svg Juhani Järvinen (FIN) 41.8
18 File:Flag of France.svg Raymond Gilloz (FRA) 42.0
19 File:Flag of Finland.svg Leo Tynkkynen (FIN) 42.1
20 File:Flag of Norway.svg Knut Johannesen (NOR) 42.3
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Helmut Kuhnert (EUA) 42.3
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Herbert Söllner (EUA) 42.3
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Günther Tilch (EUA) 42.3
24 File:Flag of Norway.svg Nils Aaness (NOR) 42.5
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Manfred Schüler (EUA) 42.5
26 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Olof Brogren (SWE) 42.7
27 File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Johnny Sands (CAN) 42.8
28 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wim de Graaff (NED) 42.9
29 File:Flag of Austria.svg Franz Offenberger (AUT) 43.0
30 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Dahlberg (SWE) 43.1
File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Ralf Olin (CAN) 43.1
32 File:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Gios (ITA) 43.3
33 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Pesman (NED) 43.4
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Sjölin (SWE) 43.4
35 File:Flag of Australia.svg Roy Tutty (AUS) 43.5
36 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takeo Mizoo (JPN) 43.7
File:Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Nitto (ITA) 43.7
38 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terry Monaghan (GBR) 44.0
39 File:Flag of Italy.svg Renato De Riva (ITA) 44.1
40 File:Flag of Austria.svg Hermann Strutz (AUT) 44.4
41 File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Larry Mason (CAN) 44.7
42 File:Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Jokinen (FIN) 45.1
43 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinkichi Takemura (JPN) 45.9
44 File:Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Jang Yeong (KOR) 50.0
File:US flag 49 stars.svg Bill Carow (USA) DNF
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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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