Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
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| Venue | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | January 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 44.0 | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles Jewtraw |
 United States
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Oskar Olsen |
 Norway
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Roald Larsen |
Norway
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Clas Thunberg |
 Finland
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These are the results of the 500 metres speed skating event at the 1924 Winter Olympics. It was the first event of the Games, held on Saturday, January 26, 1924, which makes Charles Jewtraw the first gold medal winner in Winter Olympic Games history. Twenty-seven speed skaters from 10 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
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