Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Last updated

Contents

Men's 500 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Victory Ceremony - BC Place - Vancouver British Columbia.jpg
Keiichiro Nagashima, Mo Tae-bum, Joji Kato
Venue Richmond Olympic Oval
Date15 February 2010
Competitors39 from 12 nations
Winning time69.82
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mo Tae-bum Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Keiichiro Nagashima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Joji Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2006
2014  

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 15 February 2010. [1]

Track maintenance issues

Competition was stopped for approximately ninety minutes during the first run, due to concerns over the naturally deteriorating quality of the ice after so many skaters had raced on it and the seeming inability of resurfacing equipment to do anything about it. The two ice resurfacing machines prepared to maintain the surface of the ice track both malfunctioned. A reserve machine was employed, but it left the ice surface too rough and pitted to permit safe racing by the athletes. Finally, one of the original two machines was repaired sufficiently to fix the track. Said Arie Koops, director of Dutch speed skating of the delay and who felt that the third machine wasn't properly prepared, "When skaters are not prepared for a race you don't send them out. It should be the same with the resurfacing machine. If one machine was broken, they should have prepared the third. It was standing there in the garage. I have never seen anything like this." [2] A Zamboni brand resurfacer is being brought in from Calgary for the remainder of the games. [3] American skater Shani Davis withdrew from the event, citing fatigue. [4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jeremy Wotherspoon  (CAN)34.03 Salt Lake City, United States 9 November 2007 [5]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Casey FitzRandolph  (USA)34.42 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jeremy Wotherspoon  (CAN)68.310 Calgary, Canada 15 March 2008 [6]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Casey FitzRandolph  (USA)69.230 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition. The track records of 34.80 s and 69.73 s set by Lee Kang-seok on 15 March 2009 were also not broken.

Results

RankNameCountryPairLaneRace 1RankPairLaneRace 2RankTotalTime behind
Gold medal icon.svg Mo Tae-bum Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 13i34.923219o34.906269.820.00
Silver medal icon.svg Keiichiro Nagashima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 19i35.108617o34.876169.98+0.16
Bronze medal icon.svg Joji Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17o34.937320i35.076570.01+0.19
4 Lee Kang-seok Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 17i35.053418o34.988370.041+0.22
5 Mika Poutala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18i34.863120o35.1811170.044+0.22
6 Jan Smeekens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13o35.1601215i35.051470.21+0.39
7 Yu Fengtong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15i35.116716o35.120770.23+0.41
8 Jamie Gregg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16o35.142917i35.126870.26+0.44
9 Jeremy Wotherspoon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12o35.094519i35.1881270.282+0.46
10 Zhang Zhongqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16i35.1751414o35.113670.288+0.46
11 Ronald Mulder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20i35.1551115o35.1461070.30+0.48
12 Tucker Fredricks Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20o35.2181513i35.138970.35+0.53
13 Yūya Oikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 18o35.1741314i35.2541470.42+0.60
14 Dmitry Lobkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9o35.133818i35.3351570.46+0.64
15 Lee Kyou-hyuk Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 19o35.1451016i35.3441670.48+0.66
16 Mike Ireland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9i35.3861713o35.2531370.63+0.81
17 Akio Ohta Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15o35.3151612i35.3471770.66+0.84
18 Nico Ihle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2o35.5321911i35.5391871.07+1.25
19 Mun Jun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 14i35.5522012o35.6401971.19+1.37
20 Simon Kuipers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11i35.6622311o35.6692071.33+1.51
21 Kyle Parrott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11o35.5772110i35.7672371.344+1.52
22 Maciej Ustynowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10o35.596229i35.7532271.349+1.52
23 Samuel Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3o35.795248i35.7152171.51+1.69
24 Ermanno Ioriatti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10i35.957298o35.8422471.79+1.97
25 Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5o35.915267i35.9282571.84+2.02
26 Nick Pearson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2i35.8342510o36.0942871.92+2.10
27 Tuomas Nieminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7o35.940276i36.0472671.98+2.15
28 Liu Fangyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6o36.193345i36.0472772.24+2.42
29 Jan Bos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1i36.149316o36.1112972.26+2.44
30 Markus Puolakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5i36.152325o36.2043172.35+2.53
31 Konrad Niedźwiedzki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6i36.183334o36.1793072.36+2.54
32 Aleksandr Lebedev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3i36.144307o36.2763372.42+2.60
33 Pekka Koskela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 12i35.943289o36.5353672.47+2.65
34 Roman Krech Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8i36.261353o36.2703272.53+2.71
35 Timofey Skopin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8o36.482374i36.4653572.94+3.12
36 Yevgeny Lalenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7i36.420362o36.6143773.03+3.21
37 Mitchell Whitmore Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4i36.734391o36.3143473.04+3.22
38 Maciej Biega Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4o36.642383i37.9343874.57+4.75
Shani Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14o35.4518WD

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chad Hedrick</span> American speed skater

Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shani Davis</span> American speed skater

Shani Earl Davis is an American former speed skater.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sven Kramer</span> Dutch speed skater

Sven Kramer is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters at the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, and won a record 21 gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships; eight in the 5000 meters, five in the 10,000 meters, and eight in the team pursuit. Kramer used to be the world record holder in the team pursuit and broke the world records in the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events three times. By winning the 2010 World Allround Championship, Kramer became the first speed skater in history to win four consecutive world allround championships and eight consecutive international all round championships. He was undefeated in the 18 international allround championships he participated in from the 2006/2007 season until the 2016/2017 season. From November 2007 to March 2009, he was ranked first in the Adelskalender, but despite his dominance as an all-round skater he has since been overtaken on that list by Shani Davis and, more recently, by his teammate Patrick Roest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joey Cheek</span> American speed skater

William Joseph Cheek is an American former speed skater and inline speed skater. He specialized in the short and middle distances and won Olympic gold in 2006. Currently Cheek is a media entrepreneur.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enrico Fabris</span> Italian speed skater

Enrico Fabris is an Italian former long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he won also the silver medal and in 2008 the bronze medal. Fabris is also a six-time Italian Allround Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denny Morrison</span> Canadian speed skater

Denny Morrison is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. He is an Olympic champion as a member of Canada's men's team pursuit, an event which he also won silver in at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Morrison won his first individual Olympic medal in Sochi when he won a silver in the men's 1000 m after teammate Gilmore Junio selflessly gave up his spot in order for Morrison, who fell at the national qualification event, failed to originally qualify. He won a second individual medal at those games, a bronze in the 1500 m. With four total Olympic medals, Morrison shares the record for the most medals of any Canadian male long track speed skaters along with Gaétan Boucher.

The 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008–2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested, and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, British Columbia, between 13 and 27 February 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trevor Marsicano</span> American speed skater

Trevor Marsicano is an American speed skater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.

The 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2009–2010, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 6 November 2009 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 14 March 2010 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Compared to previous seasons, fewer competition weekends were held; the season was restricted due to the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Vancouver, Canada, during February 2010. In total, seven competition weekends were held at six different locations, ten cups were contested, and 70 races took place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The United States participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The U.S. team had a historic Winter Games, winning an unprecedented 37 medals. Team USA's medal haul, which included nine gold, marked the first time since the 1932 Lake Placid Games that the U.S. earned more medals than any other participant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Belgium sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The nation has been to every Winter Olympics except two, both in the 1960s. The Belgian delegation to Vancouver consisted of eight athletes, competing in four different sports. The delegation did not win any medals, and their best performance in any event was ninth by Pieter Gysel in the short track speed skating 1,500 meters event.

The women's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 16 February 2010.

The men's 1000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 17 February 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres</span> Speed skating at the Olympics

The men's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 20 February 2010.

The men's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 13 February 2010.

The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 23 February 2010.

This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mo Tae-bum</span> South Korean speed skater

Mo Tae-bum is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2010 Olympic Champion and the 2012 and 2013 World Champion in 500 m. He started speedskating while in the third grade. Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mo won two distances at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. He has competed on the national level since 2004 and has competed internationally since 2005.

Jordan Stolz is an American professional speed skater. At the 2023 World Speed Skating Championships, Stolz won the 500m to become the youngest single distance world champion in history. He also became the first male skater to win three individual gold medals at a single World Speed Skating Championship, a feat he repeated in 2024.

References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. Harris, Beth (Associated Press), "Speedskating resumes after ice resurfacing delay", Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 15 February 2010.
  3. "Sports News, Opinion, Scores, Schedules | TSN".
  4. "United States speedskater Shani Davis withdraws from 500". 16 February 2010.
  5. "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. "Evolution of the world record 2x500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.