500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was the short-distance speed skating event in Lake Placid where American skater Eric Heiden won one of his record five gold medals.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16891644 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics Context triple: [Eric Heiden, goldMedalistIn, 500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics]
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5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
The 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a long-distance ice racing event in Lake Placid notably won by American skater Eric Heiden during his historic gold-medal sweep.
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1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a men’s speed skating event notably won by American skater Eric Heiden as part of his historic sweep of all five speed skating gold medals.
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500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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10000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
The 10,000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was the longest men's speed skating race at the Lake Placid Games, famously won by American skater Eric Heiden as part of his historic sweep of all five gold medals in the sport.
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500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event at the St. Moritz Games, notable for featuring Finnish skater Clas Thunberg among its champions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics Target entity description: 500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was the short-distance speed skating event in Lake Placid where American skater Eric Heiden won one of his record five gold medals.
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A.
5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
The 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a long-distance ice racing event in Lake Placid notably won by American skater Eric Heiden during his historic gold-medal sweep.
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B.
1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was a men’s speed skating event notably won by American skater Eric Heiden as part of his historic sweep of all five speed skating gold medals.
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C.
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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D.
10000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
The 10,000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was the longest men's speed skating race at the Lake Placid Games, famously won by American skater Eric Heiden as part of his historic sweep of all five gold medals in the sport.
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E.
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event at the St. Moritz Games, notable for featuring Finnish skater Clas Thunberg among its champions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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