Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| 500 metres at the IV Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for Speed skating
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| Venue | Riessersee | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 11 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 43.4 | ||||||||||||
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Ivar Ballangrud |
 Norway
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Georg Krog |
Norway
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Leo Freisinger |
 United States
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The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936.
Thirty-six speed skaters from 14 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
(**) This time was set in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time.
Ivar Ballangrud equalized the Olympic record with 43.4 seconds.
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