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

Men's 500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
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Venue Utah Olympic Oval
Dates 11–12 February
Competitors 38 from 15 nations
Winning time 69.23
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Casey FitzRandolph  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kip Carpenter  United States
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1st, gold medalist(s) Casey FitzRandolph  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kip Carpenter  United States

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.

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.

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

500 meters (1 race)

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


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