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
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date24 February 1960
Competitors46 from 15 nations
Winning time40.2 =WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yevgeny Grishin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Bill Disney US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Rafayel Grach Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).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]

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Yevgeny Grishin
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bill Disney
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Rafayel Grach
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union

Records

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

World record40.2(*) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeny Grishin Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA)January 22, 1956
40.2(*) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeny Grishin Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA)January 28, 1956
Olympic record40.2(*) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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.

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Yevgeny Grishin  (URS)40.2 =WR
2US flag 49 stars.svg  Bill Disney  (USA)40.3
3Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Rafayel Grach  (URS)40.4
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Hans Wilhelmsson  (SWE)40.5
5Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Gennady Voronin  (URS)40.7
6Flag of Norway.svg  Alv Gjestvang  (NOR)40.8
7US flag 49 stars.svg  Terry McDermott  (USA)40.9
Flag of Finland.svg  Toivo Salonen  (FIN)40.9
9Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Fumio Nagakubo  (JPN)41.1
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Henk van der Grift  (NED)41.2
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Yury Malyshev  (URS)41.2
US flag 49 stars.svg  Eddie Rudolph  (USA)41.2
13Flag of Australia.svg  Colin Hickey  (AUS)41.3
14Flag of Norway.svg  Hroar Elvenes  (NOR)41.4
15Flag of France.svg  André Kouprianoff  (FRA)41.5
16Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yoshitaki Hori  (JPN)41.8
Flag of Finland.svg  Juhani Järvinen  (FIN)41.8
18Flag of France.svg  Raymond Gilloz  (FRA)42.0
19Flag of Finland.svg  Leo Tynkkynen  (FIN)42.1
20Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Johannesen  (NOR)42.3
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Helmut Kuhnert  (EUA)42.3
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Herbert Söllner  (EUA)42.3
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Günther Tilch  (EUA)42.3
24Flag of Norway.svg  Nils Aaness  (NOR)42.5
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Manfred Schüler  (EUA)42.5
26Flag of Sweden.svg  Per-Olof Brogren  (SWE)42.7
27Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Johnny Sands  (CAN)42.8
28Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim de Graaff  (NED)42.9
29Flag of Austria.svg  Franz Offenberger  (AUT)43.0
30Flag of Sweden.svg  Olle Dahlberg  (SWE)43.1
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Ralf Olin  (CAN)43.1
32Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Gios  (ITA)43.3
33Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Pesman  (NED)43.4
Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunnar Sjölin  (SWE)43.4
35Flag of Australia.svg  Roy Tutty  (AUS)43.5
36Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takeo Mizoo  (JPN)43.7
Flag of Italy.svg  Antonio Nitto  (ITA)43.7
38Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Terry Monaghan  (GBR)44.0
39Flag of Italy.svg  Renato De Riva  (ITA)44.1
40Flag of Austria.svg  Hermann Strutz  (AUT)44.4
41Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Larry Mason  (CAN)44.7
42Flag of Finland.svg  Jouko Jokinen  (FIN)45.1
43Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shinkichi Takemura  (JPN)45.9
44Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Jang Yeong  (KOR)50.0
US flag 49 stars.svg  Bill Carow  (USA)DNF
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Terry Malkin  (GBR)DNF

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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.