Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| Men's 500 metres at the XI Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
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| Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 5 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 39.44 | ||||||||||||
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Erhard Keller |
 West Germany
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Hasse Börjes |
 Sweden
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Valery Muratov |
 Soviet Union
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The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 5 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic and World records was set during the competition.
Sports-Reference - 1972 - Men's 500 metres
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