# Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung

## Competition schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 19 February | 20:53 | Men's 500 m final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
| World record | Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) | 33.98 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 November 2015 |
| Olympic record | Casey FitzRandolph (USA) | 34.42 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
| Track record | Jan Smeekens (NED) | 34.58 | | 10 February 2017 |
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| 19 February | Pair 14 | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 34.42 | TR |
| 19 February | Pair 16 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 34.41 | OR, TR |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

## Results

The race was started at 20:53.
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| | 16 | O | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 34.41 | — | OR, TR |
| | 14 | O | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 34.42 | +0.01 | TR |
| | 12 | I | Gao Tingyu | China | 34.65 | +0.24 | |
| 4 | 18 | O | Mika Poutala | Finland | 34.68 | +0.27 | |
| 5 | 17 | I | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 34.78 | +0.37 | |
| 6 | 12 | O | Joji Kato | Japan | 34.831 | +0.42 | |
| 7 | 16 | I | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 34.839 | +0.42 | |
| 8 | 15 | O | Nico Ihle | Germany | 34.89 | +0.48 | |
| 9 | 17 | O | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 34.90 | +0.49 | |
| 10 | 10 | O | Jan Smeekens | Netherlands | 34.930 | +0.52 | |
| 11 | 18 | I | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | Canada | 34.934 | +0.52 | |
| 12 | 13 | I | Kim Jun-ho | South Korea | 35.01 | +0.60 | |
| 13 | 15 | I | Artur Waś | Poland | 35.02 | +0.61 | |
| 14 | 1 | I | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Japan | 35.08 | +0.67 | |
| 15 | 10 | I | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 35.13 | +0.72 | |
| 16 | 11 | O | Mo Tae-bum | South Korea | 35.154 | +0.74 | |
| 17 | 14 | I | Gilmore Junio | Canada | 35.158 | +0.74 | |
| 18 | 13 | O | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 35.16 | +0.75 | |
| 19 | 9 | O | Pekka Koskela | Finland | 35.192 | +0.78 | |
| 20 | 6 | O | Pedro Causil | Colombia | 35.196 | +0.78 | |
| 21 | 1 | O | Daniel Greig | Australia | 35.22 | +0.81 | |
| 22 | 5 | I | Ignat Golovatsiuk | Belarus | 35.23 | +0.82 | |
| 23 | 7 | O | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 35.31 | +0.90 | |
| 24 | 6 | I | Stanislav Palkin | Kazakhstan | 35.33 | +0.92 | |
| 25 | 2 | O | Artyom Krikunov | Kazakhstan | 35.34 | +0.93 | |
| 26 | 2 | I | Kimani Griffin | United States | 35.38 | +0.97 | |
| 27 | 5 | O | Yang Tao | China | 35.41 | +1.00 | |
| 28 | 8 | I | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 35.500 | +1.09 | |
| 29 | 3 | O | Joel Dufter | Germany | 35.506 | +1.09 | |
| 30 | 4 | I | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | Italy | 35.51 | +1.10 | |
| 31 | 4 | O | Xie Jiaxuan | China | 35.545 | +1.13 | |
| 32 | 3 | I | Mathias Vosté | Belgium | 35.546 | +1.13 | |
| 33 | 11 | I | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 35.64 | +1.23 | |
| 34 | 7 | I | Sung Ching-yang | Chinese Taipei | 35.86 | +1.45 | |
| 35 | 9 | I | Roman Krech | Kazakhstan | 35.92 | +1.51 | |
| 36 | 8 | O | Artur Nogal | Poland | 58.71 | +24.30 | |