All it takes is four years. In four years, Havard Lorentzen (NOR) went from finishing 32nd in Sochi to first in PyeongChang.
The 25-year old set a new 500m Olympic record on the way to his first Olympic medal.
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Cha Min-Kyu (KOR) and Tingyu Gao (CHN) followed the Norwegian on the podium.
Cha tied Casey Randolph's (USA) Olympic record in the 500m, only to have the record broken by .01 of a second.
Through 12 skaters, all of the American speed skaters were out of medal contention.
As expected, Mitch Whitmore was the fastest American in the 500m, finishing in 35.13 seconds.
Jonathan Garcia . Garcia was initially penalized for a false start.
Kimani Griffin (USA) completed his Olympic debut in 35.38 seconds