Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| 500 metres at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bislett Stadion, Oslo | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | February 16 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 43.2 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics  | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, February 16, 1952, at 3 p.m..
Forty-one speed skaters from 14 nations competed.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Ken Henry United States |
Don McDermott United States |
Gordon Audley CanadaArne Johansen  Norway |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.
| World record | 41.2(*) |  Yuri Sergeev |
Medeo (URS) | January 19, 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic record | 43.1 | Finn Helgesen |
St. Moritz (SUI) | January 31, 1948 |
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results
The current world record holder Yuri Sergeev did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.
| Place | Speed skater | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Henry (USA) | 43.2 |
| 2 | Don McDermott (USA) | 43.9 |
| 3 | Gordon Audley (CAN) | 44.0 |
| Arne Johansen (NOR) | 44.0 | |
| 5 | Finn Helgesen (NOR) | 44.0 |
| 6 | Hroar Elvenes (NOR) | 44.1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kiyotaka Takabayashi (JPN) | 44.1 | |
| 8 |  Gerard Maarse (NED) | 44.2 |
 Toivo Salonen (FIN) | 44.2 | |
| 10 | Sigmund Søfteland (NOR) | 44.3 |
| 11 | Johnny Werket (USA) | 44.5 |
| 12 | Masanori Aoki (JPN) | 44.8 |
 Mats Bolmstedt (SWE) | 44.8 | |
| Frank Stack (CAN) | 44.8 | |
| 15 | Robert Fitzgerald (USA) | 44.9 |
| Sukenobu Kudo (JPN) | 44.9 | |
| Craig MacKay (CAN) | 44.9 | |
| 18 | Tsuneo Sato (JPN) | 45.2 |
| 19 | Cockie van der Elst (NED) | 45.3 |
| Wim van der Voort (NED) | 45.3 | |
| 21 |  Norman Holwell (GBR) | 45.4 |
| Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) | 45.4 | |
| 23 | Gunnar Ström (SWE) | 45.6 |
| 24 | Kauko Salomaa (FIN) | 45.7 |
| 25 | Stig Lindberg (SWE) | 45.9 |
 Franz Offenberger (AUT) | 45.9 | |
 Enrico Musolino (ITA) | 45.9 | |
| 28 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ferenc Lőrincz (HUN) | 46.1 |
| 29 |  Colin Hickey (AUS) | 46.2 |
| 30 | Ralf Olin (CAN) | 46.5 |
| 31 | Bengt Malmsten (SWE) | 46.6 |
| 32 | József Merényi (HUN) | 46.7 |
| 33 |  Theo Meding (GER) | 46.8 |
| 34 | Bill Jones (GBR) | 46.9 |
| 35 | .svg.png){kind=small} Robert Laboubée (BEL) | 47.2 |
| 36 | Konrad Pecher (AUT) | 47.3 |
| 37 | Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT) | 47.6 |
| 38 | Guido Citterio (ITA) | 48.2 |
| 39 | Jean Massez (BEL) | 49.2 |
| — | Jan Charisius (NED) | DNF |
| Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) | DNF |
Finn Helgesen did not receive a bronze medal because he was paired up with Arne Johansen and finished behind his opponent.
Jan Charisius and Lassi Parkkinen gave up after a fall.
References
- Official Olympic Report
- sports-reference
- "Results of the 1952 Olympic Games 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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