Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.[1]

Men's 500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
Dates11–12 February
Competitors38 from 15 nations
Winning time69.23 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Casey FitzRandolph
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hiroyasu Shimizu
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kip Carpenter
 United States
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Favorite Jeremy Wotherspoon fell in the first heat, taking him out of contention, but posted the fastest time in the second heat. Casey FitzRandolph became the first American to win the event since Eric Heiden in 1980.[2]

Records

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

500 meters (1 race)

World record   Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 34.32 Salt Lake City, United States March 10, 2001 [3]
Olympic record   Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 35.59 Nagano, Japan February 10, 1998 [3]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[3] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
February 11 Race 1 Kuniomi Haneishi   Japan 35.15 OR
February 11 Race 1 Kip Carpenter   United States 34.68 OR
February 11 Race 1 Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan 34.61 OR
February 11 Race 1 Casey FitzRandolph   United States 34.42 OR

Results

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Rank Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Difference
  Casey FitzRandolph   United States 34.42 OR 34.81 69.23
  Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan 34.61 34.65 69.26 +0.03
  Kip Carpenter   United States 34.68 34.79 69.47 +0.24
4 Gerard van Velde   Netherlands 34.72 34.77 69.49 +0.26
5 Lee Kyou-hyuk   South Korea 34.74 34.85 69.59 +0.36
6 Joey Cheek   United States 34.78 34.82 69.60 +0.37
7 Mike Ireland   Canada 34.77 34.83 69.60 +0.37
8 Toyoki Takeda   Japan 35.00 34.81 69.81 +0.58
9 Jan Bos   Netherlands 35.14 34.72 69.86 +0.63
10 Erben Wennemars   Netherlands 35.00 34.89 69.89 +0.66
11 Dmitry Lobkov   Russia 35.09 35.01 70.10 +0.87
12 Kuniomi Haneishi   Japan 35.15 34.96 70.11 +0.88
13 Sergey Klevchenya   Russia 35.10 35.18 70.28 +1.05
14 Manabu Horii   Japan 35.30 35.02 70.32 +1.09
15 Janne Hänninen   Finland 35.18 35.15 70.33 +1.10
16 Pawel Abratkiewicz   Poland 35.40 35.04 70.44 +1.21
17 Choi Jae-bong   South Korea 35.45 35.12 70.57 +1.34
18 Dmitry Dorofeyev   Russia 35.48 35.27 70.75 +1.52
19 Michael Künzel   Germany 35.47 35.37 70.84 +1.61
20 Pat Bouchard   Canada 35.54 35.34 70.88 +1.65
21 Li Yu   China 35.62 35.35 70.97 +1.74
22 Tomasz Świst   Poland 35.72 35.55 71.27 +2.04
23 Davide Carta   Italy 35.70 35.69 71.39 +2.16
24 Eric Brisson   Canada 35.86 35.68 71.54 +2.31
25 Park Jae-man   South Korea 36.05 35.91 71.96 +2.73
26 Christian Breuer   Germany 36.50 35.57 72.07 +2.84
27 Ids Postma   Netherlands 36.41 36.08 72.49 +3.26
28 Marc Pelchat   United States 37.59 34.99 72.58 +3.35
29 Andriy Fomin   Ukraine 36.26 36.38 72.64 +3.41
30 Dino Gillarduzzi   Italy 36.42 36.27 72.69 +3.46
31 Zsolt Baló   Hungary 36.24 36.69 72.93 +3.70
32 Aleksey Khatylyov   Belarus 37.40 37.41 74.81 +5.58
33 Kim Cheol-su   South Korea 73.11 35.35 108.46 +39.23
34 Yu Fengtong   China 82.11 35.30 117.41 +48.18
35 Grunde Njøs   Norway 97.67 35.90 133.57 +64.34
- Jeremy Wotherspoon   Canada DNF 34.63 - -
- Ermanno Ioratti   Italy 36.30 - - -
- Jan Friesinger   Germany 36.80 - - -

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ Liz Robbins (February 12, 2002). "American Speedskater Wins Gold". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 13, 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.