Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics - Men's 500 metres
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These are the results of the 500 metres speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

event at the 1924 Winter Olympics
1924 Winter Olympics
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France...

. It was the first event of the Games, held on Saturday, January 26, 1924, which makes Charles Jewtraw
Charles Jewtraw
Charles Jewtraw was an American speed skater, best known for being first recipient of a gold medal at the first Winter Olympics.-Biography:...

 the first gold medal winner in Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

 history. Twenty-seven speed skaters from 10 nations competed.

Medalists



Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
World Record 43.4(*)   Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation...

Davos
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 (SUI
Switzerland
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)
January 17, 1914
Olympic Record -


(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 44.0
2 44.2
3 44.8
44.8
5 45.0
6 45.2
7 45.4
8 45.6
45.6
10 46.4
11 46.6
12 47.0
13 47.2
14 47.8
15 48.4
16 48.8
17 49.6
18 50.6
19 52.8
20 53.2
21 54.8
22 55.8
23 56.4
56.4
25 60.8
26 62.2
27 64.4
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