# Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Dan Jansen (USA) | 35.76 | Calgary, Canada | 30 January 1994 |
| Olympic record | Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) | 36.45 | Calgary, Canada | 14 February 1988 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| 14 February | Pair 6 | Sergey Klevchenya | Russia | 36.39 | OR | |
| 14 February | Pair 9 | Aleksandr Golubev | Russia | 36.33 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
| | 9 | I | Aleksandr Golubev | Russia | 36.33 | - | OR |
| | 6 | I | Sergey Klevchenya | Russia | 36.39 | +0.06 | |
| | 4 | O | Manabu Horii | Japan | 36.53 | +0.20 | |
| 4 | 1 | I | Liu Hongbo | China | 36.54 | +0.21 | |
| 5 | 8 | O | Hiroyasu Shimizu | Japan | 36.60 | +0.27 | |
| 6 | 5 | I | Junichi Inoue | Japan | 36.63 | +0.30 | |
| 7 | 9 | O | Grunde Njøs | Norway | 36.66 | +0.33 | |
| 8 | 2 | I | Dan Jansen | United States | 36.68 | +0.35 | |
| 9 | 6 | O | Yasunori Miyabe | Japan | 36.72 | +0.39 | |
| 10 | 5 | O | Igor Zhelezovski | Belarus | 36.73 | +0.40 | |
| 11 | 1 | I | Sylvain Bouchard | Canada | 37.01 | +0.68 | |
| 12 | 4 | I | Pat Kelly | Canada | 37.07 | +0.74 | |
| 12 | 11 | I | Vadim Shakshakbayev | Kazakhstan | 37.07 | +0.74 | |
| 14 | 3 | O | Kim Yoon-man | South Korea | 37.10 | +0.77 | |
| 15 | 8 | I | Mikhail Vostroknutov | Russia | 37.15 | +0.82 | |
| 16 | 7 | I | Andrey Bakhvalov | Russia | 37.24 | +0.91 | |
| 17 | 2 | O | Sean Ireland | Canada | 37.30 | +0.97 | |
| 18 | 14 | O | Peter Adeberg | Germany | 37.35 | +1.02 | |
| 19 | 10 | I | Dave Cruikshank | United States | 37.37 | +1.04 | |
| 20 | 20 | O | Nate Mills | United States | 37.41 | +1.08 | |
| 21 | 8 | I | Gerard van Velde | Netherlands | 37.45 | +1.12 | |
| 22 | 12 | I | Roland Brunner | Austria | 37.47 | +1.14 | |
| 23 | 20 | I | Oleh Kostromitin | Ukraine | 37.50 | +1.17 | |
| 24 | 11 | O | Arie Loef | Netherlands | 37.52 | +1.19 | |
| 25 | 15 | O | Hans Markström | Sweden | 37.53 | +1.20 | |
| 26 | 13 | I | Mike Ireland | Canada | 37.67 | +1.34 | |
| 27 | 18 | I | Dave Besteman | United States | 37.68 | +1.35 | |
| 28 | 10 | O | Lars Funke | Germany | 37.80 | +1.47 | |
| 29 | 19 | I | Alessandro De Taddei | Italy | 37.87 | +1.54 | |
| 30 | 13 | O | Jaegal Sung-yeol | South Korea | 37.90 | +1.57 | |
| 31 | 19 | O | Nico van der Vlies | Netherlands | 37.94 | +1.61 | |
| 32 | 17 | O | Davide Carta | Italy | 37.98 | +1.65 | |
| 33 | 16 | O | Vladimir Klepinin | Kazakhstan | 38.09 | +1.76 | |
| 34 | 16 | I | Magnus Enfeldt | Sweden | 38.10 | +1.77 | |
| 34 | 18 | O | Lee Jae-sik | South Korea | 38.10 | +1.77 | |
| 36 | 12 | O | Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 38.13 | +1.80 | |
| 37 | 14 | I | Arjan Schreuder | Netherlands | 38.33 | +2.00 | |
| 38 | 15 | I | Zsolt Baló | Romania | 38.56 | +2.23 | |
| 39 | 17 | I | Michael Spielmann | Germany | 38.58 | +2.25 | |
| - | 3 | I | Roger Strøm | Norway | DNF | | |