2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men’s 500 Meter Speed Skating Odds

Last Updated on February 9, 2010 3:05 pm by drew

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Don’t blink or you might miss the winning performance in the Men’s 500 Meter Speed Skating event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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In this event, the skating takes place on a 400 meter oval ice rink. Timed to one-hundredth of a second, athletes compete in by skating counter-clockwise around the oval and changing lanes once per lap, which equals out the distance.

A former silver medalist and three-time world champion for this event, Jeremy Wotherspoon, is favored to win the gold in this Olympics.

Wotherspoon has odds of 7/2 to win the gold medal according to online sports book Sportsbook.com. Other short odds to win are Lee Kang-Seok (4/1), Lee Kyou-Hyuk (4/1), and Keiichiro Nagashima (11/2).

Wotherspoon, a Canadian skater, won the silver medal for this event in 1998 and won the 2003, 2004, and 2008 world championships for this event while also winning one silver and three bronzes in his career.

Seok skates for

South Korea and he won the bronze in the 2006 Olympics for the 500 meter, while also winning the 2007 and 2009 world championship.

Hyuk skates for

South Korea as well. He won the silver medal in the 2008 and 2009 world championship in this event and also has three world titles for the overall sprint championship, which combines the 500 meter and 1,000 meter races.

Nagashima is skating for

China, but he hasn’t made a big impact on the global stage. He has yet to win an Olympic medal and hasn’t medal in the world championships for this event.

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place from

Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada beginning Friday, Feb. 12. and concluding Sunday, Feb. 28. For complete odds on which skater will win the Men’s 500 Meter Speed Skating event, see below.

Odds to win Men’s 500 Meter Speed Skating at 2010 Winter Olympics

Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 7/2 

Lee Kang-Seok (SKOR) 4/1 

Keiichiro Nagashima (JAP) 11/2 

Lee Kyou-Hyuk (SKOR) 4/1 

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Fredericks (

USA) 10/1 

Joji Kato (JAP) 12/1 

Mika Poutala (FIN) 12/1 

Pekka Koskela (FIN) 20/1 

Fengtong Yu (CHN) 20/1 

Yuya Oikawa (JAP) 22/1 

Jamie Gregg (CAN 20/1 

Jan Smeekens (NED) 25/1 

Shani Davis (

USA) 40/1 

Mo Tae-Bum (SKOR) 28/1 

Joon Mun (SKOR) 33/1 

Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) 50/1 

Akio Ota (JAP) 50/1 

Ronald Mulder (NED) 40/1 

Simon Kuipers (NED) 66/1 

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Posted: 2/9/10 3:05PM ET