Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| 500 metres at the VI Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Bislett Stadion, Oslo | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | February 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 43.2 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ken Henry |
 United States
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Don McDermott |
United States
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Gordon Audley |
 Canada
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Arne Johansen |
 Norway
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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.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.
(*) 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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