The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 10 February 2014. Michel Mulder won the gold medal.

Qualification A total of forty speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the men's 500 metres World Cup standings after World Cup 4 in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 20 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013

Competition schedule All times are (UTC+4). Date Time Event 10 February 17:00 Men's 500m Final – Race 1 10 February 18:55 Men's 500m Final – Race 2

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track records were set by Jan Smeekens at 34.80 (single race) and by Mo Tae-bum at 69.760 (combination).

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record 10 February Race 1 Pair 19Race 2 Pair 19 Michel Mulder 69.31 TR 10 February Race 1 Pair 20Race 2 Pair 17 Ronald Mulder 69.46 TR 10 February Race 2 Pair 17 Ronald Mulder 34.49 TR 10 February Race 1 Pair 15 Jan Smeekens 34.59 TR TR = track record

Results

The races were held at 17:001st run Results and 18:55.Final Results

Rank Name Country Pair Lane Race 1 Rank Notes Pair Lane Race 2 Rank Notes Total Time behind Notes Michel Mulder 19 I 34.63 2 19 O 34.67 2 69.31 TR Jan Smeekens 15 I 34.59 1 TR 20 O 34.72 3 69.32 Ronald Mulder 20 I 34.97 6 17 O 34.49 1 TR 69.46 TR Mo Tae-bum 18 O 34.84 4 19 I 34.84 5 69.68 Joji Kato 18 I 34.96 5 18 O 34.77 4 69.74 Keiichiro Nagashima 19 O 34.79 3 20 I 35.25 16 70.04 Roman Krech 3 I 35.04 9 16 O 35.00 6 70.04 Nico Ihle 11 O 34.99 7 18 I 35.11 9 70.10 Artur Waś 7 O 35.01 8 17 I 35.19 12 70.20 10 Gilmore Junio 14 I 35.15 11 15 O 35.09 7 70.25 11 Jamie Gregg 13 I 35.17 13 14 O 35.10 8 70.27 12 8 I 35.20 16 13 O 35.21 13 70.42 13 Denis Koval 9 O 35.19 14 14 I 35.24 15 70.44 14 William Dutton 4 O 35.27 18 11 I 35.17 11 70.44 15 Yūya Oikawa 16 I 35.24 17 12 O 35.22 14 70.46 16 Aleksey Yesin 12 O 35.09 10 16 I 35.41 19 70.50 17 Pekka Koskela 13 O 35.19 15 13 I 35.41 20 70.61 18 Lee Kyou-hyuk 3 O 35.16 12 15 I 35.48 23 70.65 19 Artyom Kuznetsov 20 O 35.51 28 6 I 35.14 10 70.66 20 Yuji Kamijo 4 I 35.37 21 11 O 35.48 24 70.85 21 Kim Jun-ho 5 O 35.43 25 8 I 35.42 21 70.85 22 Lee Kang-seok 10 O 35.45 26 7 I 35.42 22 70.87 23 Dmitry Lobkov 17 I 35.50 27 8 O 35.36 18 70.88 24 Shani Davis 5 I 35.39 22 10 O 35.59 28 70.98 25 Muncef Ouardi 1 O 35.39 23 9 I 35.60 29 70.99 26 Tucker Fredricks 17 O 35.27 18 12 I 35.72 37 70.99 27 Mitchell Whitmore 14 O 35.34 20 10 I 35.71 35 71.05 28 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi 10 I 35.56 29 7 O 35.51 25 71.07 29 Mika Poutala 15 O 35.58 30 5 I 35.56 27 71.14 30 Mu Zhongsheng 1 I 35.59 31 6 O 35.65 32 71.25 31 David Bosa 8 O 35.63 32 4 I 35.64 31 71.28 32 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen 7 I 35.78 37 2 I 35.53 26 71.30 33 Sung Ching-yang 11 I 35.73 35 4 O 35.63 30 71.36 34 Samuel Schwarz 12 I 35.69 34 5 O 35.68 34 71.37 35 Bai Qiuming 9 I 35.73 36 3 O 35.71 36 71.45 36 Artur Nogal 2 O 35.83 38 3 I 35.66 33 71.49 37 Haralds Silovs 2 I 36.12 39 1 O 36.32 38 72.44 38 Stefan Groothuis 6 I 35.42 24 9 O 56.81 39 92.24 +22.93 39 Daniel Greig 16 O 80.65 40 2 I 35.29 17 115.84 +46.53 Brian Hansen 6 O 35.64 33 TR = track record, DNS = did not start

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