Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres


The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Olympic Oval.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world and olympic records was set.
DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
14 FebruaryPair 1Jan Ykema36.76OR
14 FebruaryPair 4Uwe-Jens Mey36.45ORWR

Results

RankPairAthleteCountryTimeDifferenceNotes
4Uwe-Jens Mey36.45
1Jan Ykema36.76
4Akira Kuroiwa36.77
43Sergey Fokichev36.82
518Bae Ki-tae36.90
65Igor Zhelezovski36.94
71Guy Thibault36.96
83Nick Thometz37.16
95Yasumitsu Kanehama37.25
1011Frode Rønning37.31
112Yasushi Kuroiwa37.34
1217Vitaliy Makovetskiy37.35
1310Kimihiro Hamaya37.38
1414Gaétan Boucher37.47
156Erik Henriksen37.50
167Menno Boelsma37.52
1717Daniel Turcotte37.60
1811Bjørn Hagen37.69
1810Göran Johansson37.69
207Hans-Peter Oberhuber37.73
218André Hoffmann37.75
226Marty Pierce37.76
239Mike Richmond37.77
248Hein Vergeer37.80
2513Jerzy Dominik37.83
2613Michael Hadschieff37.90
279Uwe Streb38.03
2815Peter Adeberg38.11
2919Robert Tremblay38.34
3012Hans Magnusson38.60
3112Claude Nicouleau38.63
3215Claes Bengtsson38.66
3316Hans van Helden39.05
3414Christian Eminger39.70
3516Behudin Merdović56.21--
3618Nikolay Gulyayev62.86--
-2Dan JansenDNF--