The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 24 and 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

Results Heats The first round was held on 24 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Richard Nizielski 44.86 Q 2 Martin Johansson 44.94 Q 3 John Coyle 45.42 4 Li Lianli 63.44

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marc Gagnon 44.69 Q 2 Steven Bradbury 45.43 Q 3 Erik Duyvelshoff 45.83 4 Wilf O'Reilly 46.41

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Derrick Campbell 44.72 Q 2 Lee Joon-ho 45.41 Q 3 Bruno Loscos 45.54

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon 44.36 Q 2 Jun Uematsu 44.50 Q 3 Batchuluuny Bat–Orgil 48.63 – Orazio Fagone DQ

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Jiajun 44.67 Q 2 Kim Ki-hoon 45.32 Q 3 Igor Ozerov 45.48 4 Andrew Nicholson 54.21

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Mirko Vuillermin 44.29 Q 2 Frédéric Blackburn 44.38 Q 3 Sergey Kobyzev 44.54 4 Eric Flaim 44.71

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nicky Gooch 44.03 Q 2 Andy Gabel 44.31 Q 3 Mike McMillen 44.98 4 Stephan Huygen 45.04

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Bjørnar Elgetun 44.01 Q 2 Satoru Terao 44.88 Q 3 Kieran Hansen 46.30 4 Chris Nicholson 63.43

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

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marc Gagnon 43.84 Q 2 Mirko Vuillermin 43.85 Q 3 Kim Ki-hoon 44.04 4 Jun Uematsu 44.20

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Steven Bradbury 44.18 Q 2 Nicky Gooch 44.25 Q 3 Satoru Terao 44.27 4 Derrick Campbell 80.27

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon 44.69 Q 2 Martin Johansson 44.96 Q 3 Andy Gabel 48.91 – Li Jiajun DQ

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Frédéric Blackburn 45.20 Q 2 Lee Joon-ho 45.27 Q 3 Bjørnar Elgetun 45.35 4 Richard Nizielski 45.57

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 Mirko Vuillermin 43.58 QA 2 Chae Ji-hoon 43.72 QA 3 Frédéric Blackburn 44.40 QB 4 Martin Johansson 46.04 QB

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marc Gagnon 44.08 QA 2 Nicky Gooch 44.40 QA 3 Lee Joon-ho 45.97 QB 4 Steven Bradbury 63.51 QB

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 Chae Ji-hoon 43.45 Mirko Vuillermin 43.47 Nicky Gooch 43.68 4 Marc Gagnon 52.73

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Frédéric Blackburn 44.97 6 Lee Joon-ho 45.13 7 Martin Johansson 45.24 8 Steven Bradbury 45.33

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