Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres speed skating; at the VI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Date	16 February 1952
Competitors	49 from 14 nations
Winning time	43.2
Medalists

The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, February 16, 1952, at 3 p.m..

Forty-one speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ken Henry United States	Don McDermott United States	Gordon Audley Canada Arne Johansen Norway

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

World record	41.2(*)	Yuri Sergeev	Medeo (URS)	January 19, 1952
Olympic record	43.1	Finn Helgesen	St. Moritz (SUI)	January 31, 1948

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

The current world record holder Yuri Sergeev did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

Finn Helgesen did not receive a bronze medal because he was paired up with Arne Johansen and finished behind his opponent.

Jan Charisius and Lassi Parkkinen gave up after a fall.

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Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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