# Short-track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held on February 21, 2017 in Sapporo, Japan.

## Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Tuesday, 21 February 2017 | 13:36 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 21 February 2017 | 14:24 | Quarterfinals |
| Tuesday, 21 February 2017 | 14:57 | Semifinals |
| Tuesday, 21 February 2017 | 15:27 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* ADV — Advanced
* PEN — Penalty
* q — Qualified by time

### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 41.248 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Chol-gwang (PRK) | 43.685 | Q |
| 3 | Lucas Ng (SGP) | 45.115 | q |
| 4 | Ben Whiteside (NZL) | 49.456 | |
| 5 | Mubarak Al-Mohannadi (QAT) | 59.105 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Han Seung-soo (KOR) | 42.236 | Q |
| 2 | Kelvin Tsang (HKG) | 45.910 | Q |
| 3 | Teerasak Boonpok (THA) | 46.660 | |
| 4 | Ariff Rasydan Fadzli (MAS) | 47.083 | |
| 5 | Mohammed Al-Sahouti (QAT) | 1:08.645 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 41.597 | Q |
| 2 | Chris Jarden (NZL) | 47.209 | Q |
| 3 | Sohan Sudhir Tarkar (IND) | 47.736 | |
| 4 | Hazim Syahmi Shahrum (MAS) | 47.990 | |
| 5 | Atip Navarat (THA) | 49.451 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Han Tianyu (CHN) | 41.908 | Q |
| 2 | Su Jun-peng (TPE) | 44.070 | Q |
| 3 | Denali Blunden (AUS) | 46.116 | q |
| 4 | Wong De Vin (MAS) | 46.352 | |
| 5 | Steavanus Wihardja (INA) | 1:03.383 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Keita Watanabe (JPN) | 42.526 | Q |
| 2 | Sidney Chu (HKG) | 45.829 | Q |
| 3 | Johanes Wihardja (INA) | 49.510 | |
| 4 | Prakit Bovornmongkolsak (THA) | 51.832 | |
| 5 | G. V. Raghavendra (IND) | 1:26.586 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Park Se-yeong (KOR) | 42.306 | Q |
| 2 | Lin Xian-you (TPE) | 44.751 | Q |
| 3 | Oky Andrianto (INA) | 48.930 | |
| 4 | Andy Jung (AUS) | 1:12.243 | ADV |
| 5 | Yerkebulan Shamukhanov (KAZ) | 1:19.276 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Takayuki Muratake (JPN) | 42.584 | Q |
| 2 | Adil Galiakhmetov (KAZ) | 42.779 | Q |
| 3 | Keanu Blunden (AUS) | 43.279 | q |
| 4 | Lin Chun-chieh (TPE) | 45.804 | |
| 5 | Jumah Al-Sulaiti (QAT) | 1:01.190 | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Seo Yi-ra (KOR) | 41.693 | Q |
| 2 | Ryosuke Sakazume (JPN) | 41.936 | Q |
| 3 | Mersaid Zhaxybayev (KAZ) | 42.431 | q |
| 4 | Akash Aradhya (IND) | 45.457 | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 40.761 | Q |
| 2 | Ryosuke Sakazume (JPN) | 40.984 | Q |
| 3 | Takayuki Muratake (JPN) | 41.637 | |
| 4 | Mersaid Zhaxybayev (KAZ) | 45.228 | |
| 5 | Chris Jarden (NZL) | 45.737 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 41.439 | Q |
| 2 | Keita Watanabe (JPN) | 41.638 | Q |
| 3 | Adil Galiakhmetov (KAZ) | 41.834 | |
| 4 | Keanu Blunden (AUS) | 42.271 | |
| 5 | Kelvin Tsang (HKG) | 45.923 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Seo Yi-ra (KOR) | 41.482 | Q |
| 2 | Park Se-yeong (KOR) | 41.569 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Chol-gwang (PRK) | 43.056 | |
| 4 | Lucas Ng (SGP) | 46.432 | |
| — | Sidney Chu (HKG) | PEN | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Han Tianyu (CHN) | 41.158 | Q |
| 2 | Han Seung-soo (KOR) | 41.270 | Q |
| 3 | Andy Jung (AUS) | 43.475 | |
| 4 | Su Jun-peng (TPE) | 43.687 | |
| 5 | Lin Xian-you (TPE) | 44.160 | |
| 6 | Denali Blunden (AUS) | 45.311 | |

### Semifinals
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 40.714 | QA |
| 2 | Seo Yi-ra (KOR) | 41.042 | QA |
| 3 | Han Seung-soo (KOR) | 41.098 | QB |
| — | Ryosuke Sakazume (JPN) | PEN | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Han Tianyu (CHN) | 41.296 | QA |
| 2 | Park Se-yeong (KOR) | 41.469 | QA |
| 3 | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 41.590 | QB |
| 4 | Keita Watanabe (JPN) | 42.206 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 41.608 |
| 2 | Han Seung-soo (KOR) | 41.675 |
| 3 | Keita Watanabe (JPN) | 41.753 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 40.764 |
| | Seo Yi-ra (KOR) | 40.842 |
| | Park Se-yeong (KOR) | 41.182 |
| 4 | Han Tianyu (CHN) | 41.196 |