The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

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

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Team Time OR WR 23 February Heat 7 42.326 OR 23 February Quarterfinal 3 41.806 OR 23 February A Final 41.802 OR

Results Heats The first round was held on 23 February. There were eight heats of four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Jiajun 43.690 Q 2 Arian Nachbar 44.057 Q 3 Matúš Užák 44.499 4 Asen Pandov 77.124

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Simon Van Vossel 43.119 Q 2 Apolo Anton Ohno 43.214 Q 3 Cees Juffermans 43.253 4 Andrew McNee 44.289

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Takafumi Nishitani 43.211 Q 2 Marc Gagnon 43.395 Q 3 Krisztián Szabó 44.143 4 Volodymyr Hryhor'iev 70.431

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Dong-sung 42.834 Q 2 Rusty Smith 42.849 Q 3 Dave Allardice 42.980 4 Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun 52.225

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fabio Carta 43.787 Q 2 Bruno Loscos 43.864 Q 3 Leon Flack 43.965 4 Mark Jackson 44.064

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Feng Kai 43.084 Q 2 Wim De Deyne 43.205 Q 3 Martin Johansson 43.435 4 Krystian Zdrojkowski 44.117

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Jonathan Guilmette 42.326 Q 2 Satoru Terao 42.334 Q 3 Balázs Knoch 42.533 4 Miroslav Boyadzhiev 43.462

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nicola Franceschina 42.876 Q 2 Steven Bradbury 43.226 Q 3 Ludovic Mathieu 43.790 ADV – Lee Seung-jae DQ

Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Jonathan Guilmette 42.809 Q 2 Apolo Anton Ohno 42.895 Q 3 Fabio Carta 43.113 4 Arian Nachbar 43.626

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Rusty Smith 42.359 Q 2 Marc Gagnon 42.384 Q 3 Takafumi Nishitani 42.535 – Nicola Franceschina DQ

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Dong-sung 41.806 Q 2 Wim De Deyne 41.832 Q 3 Li Jiajun 64.514 4 Bruno Loscos 99.879

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Satoru Terao 42.692 Q 2 Feng Kai 42.820 Q 3 Steven Bradbury 44.982 4 Ludovic Mathieu 73.328 – Simon Van Vossel DQ

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 second semifinal, American Apolo Anton Ohno caused Japan's Satoru Terao to fall, resulting in Ohno's disqualification, while Terao was advanced to the A final.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Rusty Smith 41.916 QA 2 Marc Gagnon 41.981 QA 3 Kim Dong-sung 41.990 QB 4 Wim De Deyne 42.823 QB

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Jonathan Guilmette 42.201 QA 2 Feng Kai 42.266 QA 3 Satoru Terao 65.790 ADV – Apolo Anton Ohno DQ

Finals The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Marc Gagnon 41.802 Jonathan Guilmette 41.994 Rusty Smith 42.027 4 Feng Kai 42.112 5 Satoru Terao 42.219

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 6 Kim Dong-sung 42.076 7 Wim De Deyne 42.961

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