The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 21 February at the White Ring.
Results Heats The first round was held on 19 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 An Yulong 43.748 Q 2 Andy Gabel 43.899 Q 3 Yevhen Yakovlev 44.041 4 Han Sang-guk 44.206
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 François Drolet 43.551 Q 2 Kim Dong-sung 43.653 Q 3 Martin Johansson 44.003
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Dave Versteeg 44.358 Q 2 Feng Kai 44.817 Q 3 Maciej Pryczek 46.652 4 Nicky Gooch 68.907
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Jiajun 43.831 Q 2 Maurizio Carnino 43.927 Q 3 Rusty Smith 44.584
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lee Jun-hwan 43.840 Q 2 Marc Gagnon 43.901 Q 3 Arian Nachbar 44.882 4 Yun Chol 45.014
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Satoru Terao 42.948 Q 2 Chae Ji-hoon 43.011 Q 3 Steven Bradbury 43.766
Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Éric Bédard 43.342 Q 2 Hitoshi Uematsu 43.428 Q 3 Dan Weinstein 43.492 4 Ludovic Mathieu 43.767
Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fabio Carta 43.000 Q 2 Takafumi Nishitani 43.348 Q 3 Bruno Loscos 43.725 4 Battulgyn Oktyabri 50.466
Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal 2, American Andy Gabel was advanced, and Canada's François Drolet disqualified.
Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marc Gagnon 43.254 Q 2 Hitoshi Uematsu 43.657 Q 3 Fabio Carta 43.763 4 Lee Jun-hwan 44.417
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 An Yulong 43.384 Q 2 Chae Ji-hoon 43.622 Q 3 Andy Gabel 44.124 ADV – François Drolet DSQ
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Jiajun 42.861 Q 2 Takafumi Nishitani 42.980 Q 3 Éric Bédard 43.113 4 Maurizio Carnino 43.225
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Dave Versteeg 43.377 Q 2 Kim Dong-sung 43.810 Q 3 Feng Kai 44.384 4 Satoru Terao 65.470
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.
Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Hitoshi Uematsu 43.697 QA 2 An Yulong 43.796 QA 3 Dave Versteeg 43.850 QB 4 Chae Ji-hoon 43.864 QB
Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Takafumi Nishitani 42.756 QA 2 Marc Gagnon 42.780 QA 3 Kim Dong-sung 43.096 QB 4 Andy Gabel 59.811 QB – Li Jiajun DSQ
Finals The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.
Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Takafumi Nishitani 42.862 An Yulong 43.022 Hitoshi Uematsu 43.713 4 Marc Gagnon 75.600
Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Chae Ji-hoon 42.832 6 Dave Versteeg 42.933 7 Andy Gabel 43.072 8 Kim Dong-sung 43.090
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