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Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period ... about 1 foot (0.30 m) and 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in diameter. Timing
The world record of 38.9 seconds was set by Hasse Börjes on 18 January 1970 had been manually timed and thus with a precision of only one tenth of a second. In those days, it was not yet required that a performance be automatically timed (with a precision of one hundredth of a second) in order for it to be recognised as a world record.
Event Time Name Nation Games Date Ref 500 metres 34.32 Gao Tingyu China 2022 Beijing: 12 February 2022 [1]500 metres × 2 [A]: 69.23 Casey FitzRandolph United States 2002 Salt Lake City
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held 24–26 February 2010 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The qualifying heats were held on 24 February with the quarterfinal , the semifinal and the final were held on 26 February.
However, an imperfect final inner turn saw her lose this advantage and cross the line 0.39 seconds down in 37.33 to take second place - a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Erbanová's time. Vanessa Herzog, 500m gold medallist at the 2018 European Speed Skating Championships, was unable to challenge for a medal in the final pair, finishing fourth.
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. [1] Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record (heat) and 2 world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests en route to capturing the gold.
The 500 metres speed skating event at the 1924 Winter Olympics was held on 26 January 1924 at the Stade Olympique de Chamonix in Chamonix, France.One of five speed skating races to be contested at these Games, this was the first event ever contested at the Winter Olympics.
The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink. [1] [2] ... +0.98: 10: 7: i: