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"Results of the 1948 Olympic Games 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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speed, skating, 1948, winter, olympics, metres, metres, speed, skating, event, part, speed, skating, 1948, winter, olympics, programme, competition, held, saturday, january, 1948, forty, speed, skaters, from, nations, competed, metres, speed, skatingat, olympi. The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme The competition was held on Saturday 31 January 1948 Forty two speed skaters from 15 nations competed 1 Men s 500 metres speed skatingat the V Olympic Winter GamesPictogram for speed skatingVenueSt Moritz Olympic Ice RinkDate31 January 1948Competitors42 from 15 nationsWinning time43 1 ORMedalistsFinn Helgesen NorwayKen Bartholomew United StatesThomas Byberg NorwayRobert Fitzgerald United States 19361952 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Records 3 Results 4 References 5 External linksMedalists editGold Silver Bronze Finn Helgesen nbsp Norway Ken Bartholomew nbsp United StatesThomas Byberg nbsp NorwayRobert Fitzgerald nbsp United StatesRecords editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics World Record 41 8 nbsp Hans Engnestangen Davos SUI 5 February 1938 Olympic Record 43 4 nbsp Clas Thunberg St Moritz SUI 13 February 1928 43 4 nbsp Bernt Evensen St Moritz SUI 13 February 1928 43 4 nbsp Jack Shea Lake Placid USA 4 February 1932 43 4 nbsp Ivar Ballangrud Garmisch Partenkirchen GER 11 February 1936 The record was set in a high altitude venue more than 1000 metres above sea level and on naturally frozen ice This time was set in pack style format having all competitors skate at the same time Five speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record Finn Helgesen set a time of 43 1 seconds Results editPlace Athlete Time 1 nbsp Finn Helgesen NOR 43 1 2 nbsp Ken Bartholomew USA 43 2 nbsp Thomas Byberg NOR 43 2 nbsp Robert Fitzgerald USA 43 2 5 nbsp Ken Henry USA 43 3 6 nbsp Sverre Farstad NOR 43 6 nbsp Torodd Hauer NOR 43 6 nbsp Delbert Lamb USA 43 6 nbsp Frank Stack CAN 43 6 10 nbsp Mats Bolmstedt SWE 43 7 11 nbsp Halle Janemar SWE 44 0 nbsp Ake Seyffarth SWE 44 0 13 nbsp Keijo Lehdikko FIN 44 7 14 nbsp Janos Kilian HUN 44 8 nbsp Antero Ojala FIN 44 8 16 nbsp Lassi Parkkinen FIN 45 2 17 nbsp Gordon Audley CAN 45 3 nbsp Kalevi Laitinen FIN 45 3 19 nbsp Abraham Hardy CAN 45 5 20 nbsp Gothe Hedlund SWE 45 6 21 nbsp Choi Yong jin KOR 45 7 nbsp Kornel Pajor HUN 45 7 23 nbsp Aad de Koning NED 45 9 nbsp Lee Hyo chang KOR 45 9 25 nbsp Johnny Cronshey GBR 46 0 26 nbsp Vladimir Kolar TCH 46 1 27 nbsp Anton Huiskes NED 46 2 28 nbsp Kees Broekman NED 46 3 29 nbsp Aage Justesen DEN 46 4 nbsp Jan Langedijk NED 46 4 nbsp Bruce Peppin GBR 46 4 32 nbsp Dennis Blundell GBR 46 5 nbsp Enrico Musolino ITA 46 5 34 nbsp Akos Elekfy HUN 46 8 35 nbsp Henry Howes GBR 46 9 36 nbsp Giorgio Cattaneo ITA 47 2 37 nbsp Ivan Ruttkay HUN 47 4 nbsp Gustav Slanec AUT 47 4 39 nbsp Rudolf Kleiner SUI 47 8 40 nbsp Pierre Huylebroeck BEL 48 3 41 nbsp Ferdinand Preindl AUT 48 7 nbsp Craig Mackay CAN DNFReferences edit Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games Men s 500 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 24 October 2019 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Results of the 1948 Olympic Games 500 meters Men SpeedSkatingStats com Retrieved 27 August 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics Men 27s 500 metres amp oldid 1117436594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
