# Short-track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

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.
| World record | J. R. Celski (USA) | 39.937 | Calgary, Canada | 21 October 2012 |
| Olympic record | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | 40.770 | Vancouver, Canada | 26 February 2010 |
Three Olympic records and two world records were set during the competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| 20 February | Heat 1 | Wu Dajing | China | 40.264 | OR |
| 22 February | Quarterfinal 2 | Wu Dajing | China | 39.800 | WR, OR |
| 22 February | Final A | Wu Dajing | China | 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 | China | 40.264 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 1 | Bartosz Konopko | Poland | 41.039 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Andy Jung | Australia | 1:03.137 | |
| 4 | 1 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | 1:04.756 | |
| | 1 | Aaron Tran | United States | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 40.493 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Roberts Zvejnieks | Latvia | 40.563 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 40.869 | |
| 4 | 2 | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel | 47.177 | |
| 1 | 3 | Seo Yi-ra | South Korea | 40.438 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Dylan Hoogerwerf | Netherlands | 40.657 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 40.900 | |
| 4 | 3 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 1:06.040 | |
| 1 | 4 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 40.418 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Daan Breeuwsma | Netherlands | 40.806 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan | 41.436 | ADV |
| | 4 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | | PEN |
| 1 | 5 | Ren Ziwei | China | 40.294 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Aleksandr Shulginov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 40.585 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev | Kazakhstan | 40.748 | ADV |
| | 5 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | | PEN |
| 1 | 6 | Shaoang Liu | Hungary | 40.526 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 40.658 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 43.388 | ADV |
| | 6 | Pavel Sitnikov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | | PEN |
| 1 | 7 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 40.758 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Keita Watanabe | Japan | 41.678 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Thomas Hong | United States | 43.096 | |
| | 7 | Jong Kwang-bom | North Korea | | PEN |
| 1 | 8 | Shaolin Sándor Liu | Hungary | 40.650 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Han Tianyu | China | 40.744 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Semion Elistratov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 40.829 | |
| 4 | 8 | John-Henry Krueger | United States | 41.008 | |

### Quarterfinals

    Q – qualified for the semifinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ren Ziwei | China | 40.032 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Shaolin Sándor Liu | Hungary | 40.471 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan | 40.806 | |
| 4 | 1 | Aleksandr Shulginov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 54.498 | |
| 5 | 1 | Bartosz Konopko | Poland | 1:10.996 | |
| 1 | 2 | Wu Dajing | China | 39.800 | Q, WR, OR |
| 2 | 2 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 40.861 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Roberts Zvejnieks | Latvia | 40.904 | |
| 4 | 2 | Keita Watanabe | Japan | 41.354 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| 1 | 3 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 40.477 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 40.563 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Han Tianyu | China | 1:14.891 | |
| 4 | 3 | Seo Yi-ra | South Korea | 1:17.779 | |
| 1 | 4 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 40.400 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Daan Breeuwsma | Netherlands | 40.677 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Dylan Hoogerwerf | Netherlands | 41.007 | |
| 4 | 4 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 41.616 | ADV |
| | 4 | Shaoang Liu | Hungary | | PEN |

### Semifinals

    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Wu Dajing | China | 40.087 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 40.185 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Shaolin Sándor Liu | Hungary | 40.399 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Daan Breeuwsma | Netherlands | 40.775 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 40.835 | |
| 1 | 2 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 40.108 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 40.132 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Ren Ziwei | China | 40.418 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 40.434 | QB |

### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 5 | Shaolin Sándor Liu | Hungary | 40.651 |
| 6 | Ren Ziwei | China | 40.694 |
| 7 | Daan Breeuwsma | Netherlands | 40.835 |
| 8 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 40.985 |

### Final A

The final was held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Wu Dajing | China | 39.584 | WR, OR |
| | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 39.854 | |
| | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 39.919 | |
| 4 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 39.987 | |