The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, in Obihiro, Japan, were held on the weekend of 14–16 November 2014.

Race one was won by Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, while Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia came second, and Ruslan Murashov of Russia came third. Aleksey Yesin of Russia won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.

In race two, Kulizhnikov ended ahead of Smeekens, with Ryohei Haga of Japan in third place. Artyom Kuznetsov of Russia won Division B of race two.

Race 1 Race one took place on Friday, 14 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:13, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:47.

Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points 9 i 35.06 100 50 8 i 35.16 80 40 2 o 35.246 70 35 10 i 35.248 60 30 5 o 35.316 50 25 8 o 35.319 45 — 5 i 35.32 40 6 o 35.48 36 4 o 35.50 32 10 4 i 35.54 28 11 2 i 35.58 24 12 1 i 35.63 21 13 7 i 35.71 18 14 Mo Tae-bum 9 o 35.72 16 15 6 i 35.76 14 16 1 o 35.82 12 17 3 o 35.83 10 18 10 o 35.90 8 19 3 i 36.07 6 20 7 o 36.27 5

Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 5 i 35.25 25 2 12 i 35.30 19 3 Kim Jun-ho 12 o 35.31 15 4 Mu Zhongsheng 4 i 35.58 11 5 Lee Kang-seok 9 i 35.68 8 6 8 i 35.77 6 7 8 o 35.83 4 8 7 o 35.85 2 9 Xie Jiaxuan 6 o 35.90 1 10 Wang Nan 6 i 35.95 — 11 10 i 35.98 12 5 o 36.01 13 11 o 36.03 14 2 i 36.08 15 4 o 36.17 16 7 i 36.18 17 9 o 36.26 18 Sung Ching-Yang 11 i 36.34 19 10 o 36.36 20 1 i 36.77 21 3 i 37.11 22 2 o 37.20 23 3 o

Race 2 Race two took place on Sunday, 16 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:49, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:40.

Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points 9 o 34.96 100 50 10 o 35.09 80 40 6 o 35.17 70 35 10 i 35.23 60 30 Mo Tae-bum 5 i 35.261 50 25 4 o 35.267 45 — 1 o 35.35 40 8 i 35.38 36 5 o 35.39 32 10 7 i 35.45 28 11 9 i 35.46 24 12 7 o 35.48 21 13 6 i 35.49 18 14 2 o 35.61 16 15 3 o 35.63 14 16 4 i 35.65 12 17 8 o 35.75 10 18 2 i 35.79 8 19 1 i 35.940 6 20 3 i 35.944 5

Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 10 o 34.47 25 2 Kim Jun-ho 10 i 34.67 19 3 Lee Kang-seok 8 o 34.75 15 4 Mu Zhongsheng 9 o 34.82 11 5 8 i 34.89 8 6 7 o 34.91 6 7 9 i 34.923 4 8 5 o 34.925 2 9 Xie Jiaxuan 7 i 34.928 1 10 6 i 34.99 — 11 2 i 35.03 12 4 i 35.05 13 Wang Nan 6 o 35.06 14 4 o 35.15 15 5 i 35.193 16 2 o 35.194 17 Sung Ching-Yang 3 o 35.22 18 1 i 35.35 19 3 i 35.38

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