# Short-track speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was held on 7 and 8 February 2025 in Harbin, China.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Friday, 7 February 2025 | 10:25 | Heats |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 12:14 | Quarterfinals |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 12:49 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 13:21 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.
| World record | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 39.505 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 November 2018 |
| Games record | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 40.714 | Sapporo, Japan | 21 February 2017 |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jang Sung-woo | South Korea | 42.258 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Peter Groseclose | Philippines | 42.562 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sidney Chu | Hong Kong | 44.240 | |
| 4 | 1 | Pena Ataýew | Turkmenistan | 52.461 | |
| 1 | 2 | Lin Xiaojun | China | 41.337 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kota Kikuchi | Japan | 42.896 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Chonlachart Taprom | Thailand | 42.975 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Mohamad bin Mohamad Fadzli | Malaysia | 49.633 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mohammed Al-Abdulla | Qatar | 1:05.864 | |
| 1 | 3 | Sun Long | China | 41.107 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Daniil Eybog | Uzbekistan | 41.143 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lai Tsai Huan-chen | Chinese Taipei | 43.870 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Marva Kayana Putra Firdaus | Indonesia | 43.898 | |
| 5 | 3 | Kwok Tsz Ho | Hong Kong | 46.970 | |
| 1 | 4 | Mersaid Zhaxybayev | Kazakhstan | 41.871 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Tsubasa Furukawa | Japan | 41.905 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ong Ryo Yik | Singapore | 43.741 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Prakit Borvornmongkolsak | Thailand | 44.010 | |
| 1 | 5 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 42.026 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Chang Chuan-lin | Chinese Taipei | 42.561 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Erdenebilegiin Mönkh-Erdene | Mongolia | 44.610 | |
| 4 | 5 | Prajwal Sharath | India | 45.063 | |
| 1 | 6 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan | 42.702 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kwok Tsz Fung | Hong Kong | 44.242 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Eklavya Jagal | India | 44.384 | |
| 4 | 6 | Arsa Mizan Putra Firdaus | Indonesia | 46.054 | |
| 5 | 6 | Mönkhbayaryn Borkhüü | Mongolia | 59.092 | |
| 1 | 7 | Park Ji-won | South Korea | 41.461 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Shuta Matsuzu | Japan | 42.129 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Lin Chun-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 43.087 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Chirawat Phonkat | Thailand | 44.955 | |
| 5 | 7 | Dương Trường Lập | Vietnam | 52.899 | |
| 1 | 8 | Liu Shaoang | China | 41.326 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Kim Tae-sung | South Korea | 41.404 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Brandon Pok | Singapore | 44.154 | |
| 4 | 8 | Garmaagiin Mönkh-Erdene | Mongolia | 44.829 | |
| 5 | 8 | Akash Aradhya | India | 46.144 | |

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Sun Long | China | 40.873 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan | 41.129 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Daniil Eybog | Uzbekistan | 41.350 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Chonlachart Taprom | Thailand | 43.827 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kwok Tsz Fung | Hong Kong | 44.527 | |
| 1 | 2 | Kim Tae-sung | South Korea | 40.509 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Jang Sung-woo | South Korea | 40.735 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Liu Shaoang | China | 40.933 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Lin Chun-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 43.504 | |
| 5 | 2 | Kota Kikuchi | Japan | 43.996 | |
| 1 | 3 | Lin Xiaojun | China | 41.325 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 41.876 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Peter Groseclose | Philippines | 42.331 | |
| 4 | 3 | Tsubasa Furukawa | Japan | 42.601 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ong Ryo Yik | Singapore | 44.349 | |
| 1 | 4 | Park Ji-won | South Korea | 41.240 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Shuta Matsuzu | Japan | 41.615 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Mersaid Zhaxybayev | Kazakhstan | 41.704 | |
| 4 | 4 | Chang Chuan-lin | Chinese Taipei | 42.023 | |
| 5 | 4 | Lai Tsai Huan-chen | Chinese Taipei | 44.057 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kim Tae-sung | South Korea | 40.509 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Sun Long | China | 40.667 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Jang Sung-woo | South Korea | 40.703 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | Shuta Matsuzu | Japan | 41.178 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Liu Shaoang | China | 1:24.670 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Lin Xiaojun | China | 40.930 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Park Ji-won | South Korea | 41.329 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Daniil Eybog | Uzbekistan | 41.431 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 41.514 | QB |
| | 2 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan | PEN | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 6 | Liu Shaoang | China | 42.386 |
| 7 | Daniil Eybog | Uzbekistan | 42.457 |
| 8 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 42.571 |
| 9 | Shuta Matsuzu | Japan | PEN |

#### Final A

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Lin Xiaojun | China | 41.150 |
| | Park Ji-won | South Korea | 41.398 |
| | Jang Sung-woo | South Korea | 41.442 |
| 4 | Sun Long | China | 42.676 |
| 5 | Kim Tae-sung | South Korea | PEN |