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Inline speed skating – men's 500 m sprint at the 2001 World Games
Venue	Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, Akita, Japan
Date	24 August 2001
Competitors	21 from 8 nations
Medalists
Chad Hedrick   Miguel Rueda   Gregory Duggento
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The men's 500 m sprint competition in inline speed skating at the 2001 World Games took place on 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Skating Rink in Akita, Japan.

Competition format

A total of 21 athletes entered the competition. Best two athletes from each heat advances to the next round.

Results

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Gregory Duggento Italy 42.59 Q 2 Liu Yu-shen Chinese Taipei 42.65 Q 3 Sota Kazamaki Japan 43.02 4 Derek Downing United States 43.29 5 Masatoshi Takahagi Japan 44.29 Heat 3 Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Chad Hedrick United States 42.69 Q 2 Diego Rosero Colombia 42.93 Q 3 Fabian Arcila Venezuela 43.00 4 Lo Hsuan-che Chinese Taipei 43.45 5 Nico Wieduwilt Germany 43.50 6 Daisuke Kazamaki Japan 44.16

Heat 2 Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Kalon Dobbin New Zealand 43.03 Q 2 Jorge Botero Colombia 43.08 Q 3 Nick Tom New Zealand 43.30 4 Chen Wei-ming Chinese Taipei 43.55 5 Su Jen-ping Chinese Taipei 43.79 Heat 4 Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Miguel Rueda Colombia 43.20 Q 2 Shane Dobbin New Zealand 43.31 Q 3 Christoph Zschätzsch Germany 43.73 4 Daniel Zschätzsch Germany 43.82 5 Oscar Rivas Venezuela 43.97

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Gregory Duggento Italy 42.85 Q 2 Miguel Rueda Colombia 42.95 Q 3 Liu Yu-shen Chinese Taipei 43.05 4 Shane Dobbin New Zealand 43.22

Heat 2 Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Chad Hedrick United States 42.32 Q 2 Jorge Botero Colombia 42.42 Q 3 Kalon Dobbin New Zealand 42.55 4 Diego Rosero Colombia 42.79

Final

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Chad Hedrick	United States	42.30
	Miguel Rueda	Colombia	42.53
	Gregory Duggento	Italy	42.63
4	Jorge Botero	Colombia	42.63

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2005-09-09. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

External links

• Results on IWGA website

• Inline speed skating at the 2001 World Games