Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| 500 metres at the I Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | January 26 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 44.0 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| All-round | men |
These are the results of the 500 metres speed skating event at the 1924 Winter Olympics. It was the first event of the Games, held on Saturday, January 26, 1924, which makes Charles Jewtraw the first gold medal winner in Winter Olympic Games history. Twenty-seven speed skaters from 10 nations competed.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Charles Jewtraw United States |
Oskar Olsen Norway |
Roald Larsen Norway Clas Thunberg  Finland |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 43.4(*) | Oscar Mathisen |
Davos (SUI) | January 17, 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | - |
(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.
Results
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Jewtraw (USA) | 44.0 |
| 2 | Oskar Olsen (NOR) | 44.2 |
| 3 | Roald Larsen (NOR) | 44.8 |
| Clas Thunberg (FIN) | 44.8 | |
| 5 | Asser Wallenius (FIN) | 45.0 |
| 6 |  Axel Blomqvist (SWE) | 45.2 |
| 7 |  Charles Gorman (CAN) | 45.4 |
| 8 | Joe Moore (USA) | 45.6 |
| Harald Strøm (NOR) | 45.6 | |
| 10 | Julius Skutnabb (FIN) | 46.4 |
| 11 | Eric Blomgren (SWE) | 46.6 |
| 12 | Harry Kaskey (USA) | 47.0 |
| 13 | Sigurd Moen (NOR) | 47.2 |
| 14 | Bill Steinmetz (USA) | 47.8 |
| 15 |  Léonhard Quaglia (FRA) | 48.4 |
| 16 |  Alberts Rumba (LAT) | 48.8 |
| 17 | .svg.png){kind=small} Leon Jucewicz (POL) | 49.6 |
| 18 | Albert Hassler (FRA) | 50.6 |
| 19 | .svg.png){kind=small} Louis De Ridder (BEL) | 52.8 |
| 20 | André Gegout (FRA) | 53.2 |
| 21 | George de Wilde (FRA) | 54.8 |
| 22 | Gaston Van Hazebroeck (BEL) | 55.8 |
| 23 |  Frederick Dix (GBR) | 56.4 |
| Philippe Van Volckxsom (BEL) | 56.4 | |
| 25 | Bernard Sutton (GBR) | 60.8 |
| 26 | Marcel Moens (BEL) | 62.2 |
| 27 | Cyril Horn (GBR) | 64.4 |
References
- Official report of 1924 Olympic Games – digitized copy online
- "Results of the 1924 Olympic Games 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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