The 500 metres

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

event was part of the

speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, ...

programme. The competition was held on Monday, 13 February 1928. Thirty-three speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics. ''(*)'' The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice. Seven speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record with the two Olympic champions as new Olympic record holders.

Bernt Evensen Bernt Sverre Evensen (18 April 1905 – 24 August 1979) was a Norwegian speed skater and racing cyclist who competed in skating at the 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he became the first Norwegian skater to win an Olympic gold medal by w ...

and

Clas Thunberg Arnold Clas ("Classe") Robert Thunberg (5 April 1893 – 28 April 1973) was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 (along with a silver and a bronze medal) and t ...

each set a time of 43.4 seconds.

Results

References

External links

Official Olympic Report
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Speed Skating At The 1928 Winter Olympics - Men's 500 Metres Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics