The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February, with the final on 25 February, at the Torino Palavela.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results Heats The first round was held on 22 February. There were seven heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers and the two fastest third-place skaters moving on to the quarterfinals.
Heat 1 Heat Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 1 Ahn Hyun-soo 42.960 Q 1 2 Dariusz Kulesza 42.960 Q 1 3 Tyson Heung 43.572 2 1 Éric Bédard 42.480 Q 2 2 Jon Eley 42.511 Q 2 3 Vyacheslav Kurginyan 43.183 2 4 Alex McEwan 45.173 3 1 Wim de Deyne 42.883 Q 3 2 Arian Nachbar 43.006 Q 3 3 Volodymyr Grygoriev 43.583 3 4 Matus Uzak 45.173 4 1 Satoru Terao 42.607 Q 4 2 François-Louis Tremblay 42.779 Q 4 3 Cees Juffermans 42.849 q 4 4 Seo Ho-jin DSQ 5 1 Li Juajun 42.914 Q 5 2 Peter Darazs 42.929 Q 5 3 Mikhail Razhin 44.077 5 4 Anthony Lobello 1:13.722 6 1 Lee Ho-suk 42.676 Q 6 2 Li Haonan 42.703 Q 6 3 Nicola Rodigari 42.819 q 6 4 Pieter Gysel 42.980 7 1 Apolo Anton Ohno 42.836 Q 7 2 Roberto Serra 43.120 Q 7 3 Takafumi Nishitani 43.212 7 4 Paul Stanley 43.486
Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 Ahn Hyun-soo 42.213 Q 2 Satoru Terao 42.471 Q 3 Cees Juffermans 42.515 4 Arian Nachbar 42.605
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 Li Juajun 43.105 Q 2 Nicola Rodigari 43.701 Q 3 Peter Darazs 1:01.289 4 Lee Ho-suk 1:22.896
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 Éric Bédard 42.267 Q 2 Jon Eley 42.424 Q 3 Roberto Serra 42.773 4 Li Haonan DSQ
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 Apolo Anton Ohno 42.020 Q 2 François-Louis Tremblay 42.110 Q 3 Wim de Deyne 42.979 4 Dariusz Kulesza DSQ
Semifinals The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final. In the first semifinal, China's Li Jiajun impeded Britain's Jon Eley, resulting in Li's disqualification, while Eley, who finished third in the race, was advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 François-Louis Tremblay 42.261 QA 2 Apolo Anton Ohno 42.400 QA 3 Jon Eley 42.650 ADV 4 Li Juajun DSQ
Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 Ahn Hyun-soo 41.826 QA 2 Éric Bédard 41.950 QA 3 Satoru Terao 42.120 QB 4 Nicola Rodigari 42.131 QB
Finals The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.
Final A Rank Athlete Country Result Notes Apolo Anton Ohno 41.935 François-Louis Tremblay 42.002 Ahn Hyun-soo 42.089 4 Éric Bédard 42.093 5 Jon Eley 42.497
Final B Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 6 Satoru Terao 42.377 7 Nicola Rodigari 42.398
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