Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1][2]

Men's 500 metres at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	10 February
Competitors	29 from 16 nations
Winning time	39.17
Medalists
Yevgeny Kulikov  Soviet Union Valery Muratov  Soviet Union Dan Immerfall  United States

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record	Yevgeny Kulikov (URS)	36.17	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	29 March 1975
Olympic record	Erhard Keller (FRG)	39.44	Sapporo, Japan	5 February 1972

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
10 February	Yevgeny Kulikov (URS)	39.17	OR

Results

[1]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Difference	Notes
	3	o	Yevgeny Kulikov	Soviet Union	39.17	–	OR
	10	i	Valery Muratov	Soviet Union	39.25	+0.08
	10	o	Dan Immerfall	United States	39.54	+0.37
4	8	i	Mats Wallberg	Sweden	39.56	+0.39
5	2	i	Peter Mueller	United States	39.57	+0.40
6	7	o	Jan Bazen	Netherlands	39.78	+0.61
	4	o	Arnulf Sunde	Norway	39.78	+0.61
8	13	i	Andrey Malikov	Soviet Union	39.85	+0.68
9	13	o	Oloph Granath	Sweden	39.93	+0.76
10	14	i	Jim Chapin	United States	40.09	+0.92
11	11	i	Tom Overend	Canada	40.22	+1.05
	5	o	Masaki Suzuki	Japan	40.22	+1.05
13	5	i	Johan Granath	Sweden	40.25	+1.08
14	4	i	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	40.53	+1.36
15	6	y	Pertti Niittylä	Finland	40.65	+1.48
16	11	o	Norio Hirate	Japan	40.85	+1.68
	1	o	Archie Marshall	Great Britain	40.85	+1.68
18	15	o	Mikio Oyama	Japan	40.90	+1.73
19	8	o	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	40.91	+1.74
	1	i	Emmanuel Michon	France	40.91	+1.74
21	12	o	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Norway	40.94	+1.77
22	6	i	Lee Yeong-ha	South Korea	41.08	+1.91
23	2	o	Bruno Toniolli	Italy	41.44	+2.27
24	9	o	Harald Oehme	East Germany	41.54	+2.37
25	12	o	Colin Coates	Australia	41.77	+2.60
26	7	i	Berend Schabus	Austria	42.33	+3.16
27	9	i	Heinz Steinberger	Austria	43.28	+4.11
28	14	o	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:18.00	+38.83
-	3	o	Horst Freese	West Germany	DNF

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
3. "500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
4. "500m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 November 2016.