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 was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:Seven speed skaters competed in all four events....

 programme. The competition was held on Saturday, February 16, 1952 at 3 p.m.

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Forty-one speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	41.2(*)	Yuri Sergeev Yuri Sergeev Yuri Valentinovich Sergeev is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Moscow.In 1956 he finished fourth in the 500 metres event.-External links:*...	Medeo Medeo The Medeu , or Medeo , is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. It is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Medeu sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world...  (URS Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... )	January 19, 1952
Olympic Record	43.1	Finn Helgesen Finn Helgesen Finn Helgesen was a speed skater from Norway. He was born in Drammen, Buskerud.At the Norwegian Championships, Helgesen won the 500 m in 1947 and 1949. He became Olympic Champion on the 500 m at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St...	St. Moritz St. Moritz St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...  (SUI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... )	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

Yuri Sergeev

Yuri Valentinovich Sergeev is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Moscow.In 1956 he finished fourth in the 500 metres event.-External links:*...

 did not compete as the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

Place	Speed skater	Time
1		43.2
2		43.9
3		44.0
		44.0
5		44.0
6		44.1
		44.1
8		44.2
		44.2
10		44.3
11		44.5
12		44.8
		44.8
		44.8
15		44.9
		44.9
		44.9
18		45.2
19		45.3
		45.3
21		45.4
		45.4
23		45.6
24		45.7
25		45.9
		45.9
		45.9
28		46.1
29		46.2
30		46.5
31		46.6
32		46.7
33		46.8
34		46.9
35		47.2
36		47.3
37		47.6
38		48.2
39		49.2
—		DNF
		DNF

Finn Helgesen

Finn Helgesen

Finn Helgesen was a speed skater from Norway. He was born in Drammen, Buskerud.At the Norwegian Championships, Helgesen won the 500 m in 1947 and 1949. He became Olympic Champion on the 500 m at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St...

 did not receive a bronze medal because he was paired up with Arne Johansen

Arne Johansen

Arne Johansen is an Norwegian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, shared with Gordon Audley from Canada.-References:...

 and finished behind his opponent.

Jan Charisius and Lassi Parkkinen

Lassi Parkkinen

Lauri Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater.Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth...

gave up after a fall.