The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record (heat) and 2 world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests en route to capturing the gold.

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

Three Olympic records and two world records were set during the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref 20 February Heat 1Wu Dajing 40.264 OR22 February Quarterfinal 2 39.800 WR, OR Final A 39.584 WR, OR

Results Heats Q – qualified for the quarterfinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Wu Dajing 40.264 Q, OR 2 1 Bartosz Konopko 41.039 Q 3 1 Andy Jung 4 1 Thibaut Fauconnet 1 Aaron Tran PEN 1 2 Samuel Girard 40.493 Q 2 2 Roberts Zvejnieks 40.563 Q 3 2 Yuri Confortola 40.869 4 2 Vladislav Bykanov 47.177 1 3 Seo Yi-ra 40.438 Q 2 3 Dylan Hoogerwerf 40.657 Q 3 3 Sébastien Lepape 40.900 4 3 Viktor Knoch 1 4 Lim Hyo-jun 40.418 Q 2 4 Daan Breeuwsma 40.806 Q 3 4 Denis Nikisha 41.436 ADV 4 Charles Hamelin PEN 1 5 Ren Ziwei 40.294 Q 2 5 Aleksandr Shulginov 40.585 Q 3 5 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev 40.748 ADV 5 Sjinkie Knegt PEN 1 6 Shaoang Liu 40.526 Q 2 6 Ryosuke Sakazume 40.658 Q 3 6 Abzal Azhgaliyev 43.388 ADV 6 Pavel Sitnikov PEN 1 7 Hwang Dae-heon 40.758 Q 2 7 Keita Watanabe 41.678 Q 3 7 Thomas Hong 43.096 7 Jong Kwang-bom PEN 1 8 Shaolin Sándor Liu 40.650 Q 2 8 Han Tianyu 40.744 Q 3 8 Semion Elistratov 40.829 4 8 John-Henry Krueger 41.008

Quarterfinals Q – qualified for the semifinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Ren Ziwei 40.032 Q 2 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu 40.471 Q 3 1 Denis Nikisha 40.806 4 1 Aleksandr Shulginov 54.498 5 1 Bartosz Konopko 1 2 Wu Dajing 39.800 Q, WR, OR 2 2 Hwang Dae-heon 40.861 Q 3 2 Roberts Zvejnieks 40.904 4 2 Keita Watanabe 41.354 5 2 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev 1 3 Samuel Girard 40.477 Q 2 3 Ryosuke Sakazume 40.563 Q 3 3 Han Tianyu 4 3 Seo Yi-ra 1 4 Lim Hyo-jun 40.400 Q 2 4 Daan Breeuwsma 40.677 Q 3 4 Dylan Hoogerwerf 41.007 4 4 Abzal Azhgaliyev 41.616 ADV 4 Shaoang Liu PEN

Semifinals QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Wu Dajing 40.087 QA 2 1 Samuel Girard 40.185 QA 3 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu 40.399 QB 4 1 Daan Breeuwsma 40.775 QB 5 1 Abzal Azhgaliyev 40.835 1 2 Hwang Dae-heon 40.108 QA 2 2 Lim Hyo-jun 40.132 QA 3 2 Ren Ziwei 40.418 QB 4 2 Ryosuke Sakazume 40.434 QB

Final B Rank Name Country Time Notes 5 Shaolin Sándor Liu 40.651 6 Ren Ziwei 40.694 7 Daan Breeuwsma 40.835 8 Ryosuke Sakazume 40.985

Final A The final was held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15.

Rank Name Country Time Notes Wu Dajing 39.584 WR, OR Hwang Dae-heon 39.854 Lim Hyo-jun 39.919 4 Samuel Girard 39.987

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