# Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
| World record | Joji Kato (JPN) | 34.30 | Salt Lake City, United States | 19 November 2005 |
| Olympic record | Casey FitzRandolph (USA) | 34.42 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
| World record | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) | 68.96 | Salt Lake City, United States | 10 March 2001 |
| Olympic record | Casey FitzRandolph (USA) | 69.23 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

## Results

| Place | Athlete | Country | Race 1 Time (place) | Race2 Time (place) | Total Time | Difference |
| | Joey Cheek | United States | 34.82 (1) | 34.94 (1) | 69.76 | -- |
| | Dmitry Dorofeyev | Russia | 35.24 (2) | 35.17 (3) | 70.41 | +0.65 |
| | Lee Kang-seok | South Korea | 35.34 (3) | 35.09 (2) | 70.43 | +0.67 |
| 4 | Yūya Oikawa | Japan | 35.35 (4) | 35.21 (5) | 70.56 | +0.80 |
| 5 | Yu Fengtong | China | 35.39 (6) | 35.29 (6=) | 70.68 | +0.92 |
| 6 | Joji Kato | Japan | 35.59 (11=) | 35.19 (4) | 70.78 | +1.02 |
| 7 | Michael Ireland | Canada | 35.59 (11=) | 35.29 (6=) | 70.88 | +1.12 |
| 8 | Choi Jae-bong | South Korea | 35.61 (13) | 35.43 (9=) | 71.04 | +1.28 |
| 9 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | Canada | 35.37 (5) | 35.68 (17=) | 71.05 | +1.29 |
| 10 | Pekka Koskela | Finland | 35.58 (9=) | 35.51 (12) | 71.09 | +1.33 |
| 11 | Jan Bos | Netherlands | 35.68 (16) | 35.43 (9=) | 71.11 | +1.35 |
| 12 | Casey FitzRandolph | United States | 35.78 (18) | 35.34 (8) | 71.12 | +1.36 |
| 13 | Keiichiro Nagashima | Japan | 35.67 (15) | 35.47 (11) | 71.14 | +1.38 |
| 14 | Dmitry Lobkov | Russia | 35.55 (8) | 35.62 (13=) | 71.17 | +1.41 |
| 15 | Janne Hänninen | Finland | 35.58 (9=) | 35.67 (15=) | 71.25 | +1.49 |
| 16 | Erben Wennemars | Netherlands | 35.46 (7) | 35.84 (25) | 71.30 | +1.54 |
| 17 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 35.76 (17) | 35.62 (13=) | 71.38 | +1.62 |
| 18 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | Japan | 35.66 (14) | 35.78 (21) | 71.44 | +1.68 |
| 19 | An Weijiang | China | 35.89 (21) | 35.67 (15=) | 71.56 | +1.80 |
| 20 | Erik Zachrisson | Sweden | 35.80 (19) | 35.81 (23) | 71.61 | +1.85 |
| 21 | Ermanno Ioriatti | Italy | 35.88 (20) | 35.80 (22) | 71.68 | +1.92 |
| 22 | Mika Poutala | Finland | 35.91 (22) | 35.83 (24) | 71.74 | +1.98 |
| 23 | Simon Kuipers | Netherlands | 36.10 (27) | 35.74 (20) | 71.84 | +2.08 |
| 24 | Aleksey Proshin | Russia | 35.96 (23) | 35.94 (26) | 71.90 | +2.14 |
| 25 | Tucker Fredricks | United States | 36.02 (25) | 35.99 (28) | 72.01 | +2.25 |
| 26 | Kip Carpenter | United States | 36.40 (31) | 35.68 (17=) | 72.08 | +2.32 |
| 27 | Sergey Kornilov | Russia | 36.00 (24) | 36.24 (32) | 72.24 | +2.48 |
| 28 | Lu Zhuo | China | 36.39 (30) | 35.96 (27) | 72.35 | +2.59 |
| 29 | Vincent Labrie | Canada | 36.31 (29) | 36.12 (29=) | 72.43 | +2.67 |
| 30 | Brock Miron | Canada | 36.42 (32) | 36.12 (29=) | 72.54 | +2.78 |
| 31 | Maurizio Carnino | Italy | 36.24 (28) | 36.43 (33) | 72.67 | +2.91 |
| 32 | Artur Waś | Poland | 36.43 (33) | 36.61 (35) | 73.04 | +3.28 |
| 33 | Li Yu | China | 36.57 (34) | 36.56 (34) | 73.13 | +3.37 |
| 34 | Aleksandr Zhigin | Kazakhstan | 36.88 (35) | 36.92 (36) | 73.80 | +4.04 |
| 35 | Beorn Nijenhuis | Netherlands | 48.84 (36) | 35.71 (19) | 84.55 | +14.79 |
| 36 | Maciej Ustynowicz | Poland | 36.09 (26) | 51.92 (37) | 88.01 | +18.25 |
| 37 | Gwon Sun-cheon | South Korea | 58.66 (37) | 36.13 (31) | 94.79 | +25.03 |

## Race 1
### Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first
* Brock Miron, CAN (alone, first inner)
* Dmitry Lobkov, RUS – Sergey Kornilov, RUS
* Maciej Ustynowicz, POL – Vincent Labrie, CAN
* Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ
* Janne Hänninen, FIN – Aleksey Proshin, RUS
* Artur Waś, POL – Erik Zachrisson, SWE
* Mika Poutala, FIN – Maurizio Carnino, ITA
* Zhuo Lu, CHN – Jan Bos, NED
* Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS – Erben Wennemars, NED
* Li Yu, CHN – Pekka Koskela, FIN
* Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA – An Weijiang, CHN
* Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED
* Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR
* Tucker Fredricks, USA – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
* Beorn Nijenhuis, NED – Kwon Sun Chun, KOR
* Joji Kato, JPN – Michael Ireland, CAN
* Joey Cheek, USA – Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN
* Casey FitzRandolph, USA – Yu Fengtong, CHN
* Kip Carpenter, USA – Lee Kang-seok, KOR

### Fastest 100 m

The ten fastest times are listed
| Place | Athlete | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Yūya Oikawa (JPN) | 9.59 | -- |
| 2 | Yu Fengtong (CHN) | 9.63 | +0.04 |
| 3 | Lee Kang-seok (KOR) | 9.65 | +0.06 |
| 4 | Joey Cheek (USA) | 9.66 | +0.07 |
| 5 | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) | 9.67 | +0.08 |
| 6 | Janne Hänninen (FIN) | 9.69 | +0.10 |
| 7 | Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) | 9.72 | +0.13 |
| 8 | An Weijiang (CHN) | 9.75 | +0.16 |
| 9 | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) | 9.76 | +0.17 |
| 9 | Pekka Koskela (FIN) | 9.76 | +0.17 |

## Race 2
### Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first
* Beorn Nijenhuis, NED (alone, last outer)
* Kwon Sun Chun, KOR – Li Yu, CHN
* Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Waś, POL
* Brock Miron, CAN – Vincent Labrie, CAN
* Maurizio Carnino, ITA – Kip Carpenter, USA
* Simon Kuipers, NED – Zhuo Lu, CHN
* Sergey Kornilov, RUS – Maciej Ustynowicz, POL
* Aleksey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA
* An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN
* Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA
* Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR – Casey FitzRandolph, USA
* Jan Bos, NED – Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN
* Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
* Michael Ireland, CAN – Joji Kato, JPN
* Pekka Koskela, FIN – Janne Hänninen, FIN
* Erben Wennemars, NED – Dmitry Lobkov, RUS
* Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Yu Fengtong, CHN
* Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN – Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS
* Lee Kang-seok, KOR – Joey Cheek, USA

### Fastest 100 m

| Place | Athlete | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Yu Fengtong (CHN) | 9.56 | -- |
| 2 | Yūya Oikawa (JPN) | 9.59 | +0.03 |
| 3 | Lee Kang-seok (KOR) | 9.63 | +0.07 |
| 4 | Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) | 9.65 | +0.09 |
| 5 | Joji Kato (JPN) | 9.66 | +0.10 |
| 6 | Joey Cheek (USA) | 9.67 | +0.11 |
| 7 | Michael Ireland (CAN) | 9.73 | +0.17 |
| 8 | Casey FitzRandolph (USA) | 9.74 | +0.18 |
| 8 | An Weijiang (CHN) | 9.74 | +0.18 |
| 8 | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) | 9.74 | +0.18 |