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

The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, 16 February 1952, at 3 p.m. Forty-one speed skaters from 14 nations competed.[1]

Men's 500 metres speed skating
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueBislett Stadium
Date16 February 1952
Competitors49 from 14 nations
Winning time43.2
Medalists
Ken Henry  United States
Don McDermott  United States
Gordon Audley  Canada
Arne Johansen  Norway
Speed skating at the
1952 Winter Olympics
500 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men

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

Records

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

World record 41.2(*) Yuri Sergeev Medeo (URS) 19 January 1952
Olympic record 43.1 Finn Helgesen St. Moritz (SUI) 31 January 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 did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956.

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1 Ken Henry (USA)43.2
2 Don McDermott (USA)43.9
3 Gordon Audley (CAN)44.0
 Arne Johansen (NOR)44.0
5 Finn Helgesen (NOR)44.0
6 Hroar Elvenes (NOR)44.1
 Kiyotaka Takabayashi (JPN)44.1
8 Gerard Maarse (NED)44.2
 Toivo Salonen (FIN)44.2
10 Sigmund Søfteland (NOR)44.3
11 Johnny Werket (USA)44.5
12 Masanori Aoki (JPN)44.8
 Mats Bolmstedt (SWE)44.8
 Frank Stack (CAN)44.8
15 Robert Fitzgerald (USA)44.9
 Sukenobu Kudo (JPN)44.9
 Craig MacKay (CAN)44.9
18 Tsuneo Sato (JPN)45.2
19 Cockie van der Elst (NED)45.3
 Wim van der Voort (NED)45.3
21 Norman Holwell (GBR)45.4
 Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)45.4
23 Gunnar Ström (SWE)45.6
24 Kauko Salomaa (FIN)45.7
25 Stig Lindberg (SWE)45.9
 Franz Offenberger (AUT)45.9
 Enrico Musolino (ITA)45.9
28 Ferenc Lőrincz (HUN)46.1
29 Colin Hickey (AUS)46.2
30 Ralf Olin (CAN)46.5
31 Bengt Malmsten (SWE)46.6
32 József Merényi (HUN)46.7
33 Theo Meding (GER)46.8
34 Bill Jones (GBR)46.9
35 Robert Laboubée (BEL)47.2
36 Konrad Pecher (AUT)47.3
37 Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT)47.6
38 Guido Citterio (ITA)48.2
39 Jean Massez (BEL)49.2
— Jan Charisius (NED)DNF
 Lassi Parkkinen (FIN)DNF

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.

References
  1. "Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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