# Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 10 February 2014. Michel Mulder won the gold medal.

## Qualification

A total of forty speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the men's 500 metres World Cup standings after World Cup 4 in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 20 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.

## Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 10 February | 17:00 | Men's 500m Final – Race 1 |
| 10 February | 18:55 | Men's 500m Final – Race 2 |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
| World record | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) | 34.03 | Salt Lake City, United States | 9 November 2007 |
| Olympic record | Casey FitzRandolph (USA) | 34.42 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
| World record | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) | 68.31 | Calgary, Canada | 15 March 2008 |
| Olympic record | Casey FitzRandolph (USA) | 69.23 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track records were set by Jan Smeekens at 34.80 (single race) and by Mo Tae-bum at 69.760 (combination).
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| 10 February | Race 1 Pair 19 Race 2 Pair 19 | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | 69.31 | TR |
| 10 February | Race 1 Pair 20 Race 2 Pair 17 | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 69.46 | TR |
| 10 February | Race 2 Pair 17 | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 34.49 | TR |
| 10 February | Race 1 Pair 15 | Jan Smeekens | Netherlands | 34.59 | TR |
TR = track record

## Results

The races were held at 17:00 and 18:55.
| Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Notes | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Notes | Total | Time behind | Notes |
| | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | 19 | I | 34.63 | 2 | | 19 | O | 34.67 | 2 | | 69.31 | — | TR |
| | Jan Smeekens | Netherlands | 15 | I | 34.59 | 1 | TR | 20 | O | 34.72 | 3 | | 69.32 | +0.01 | |
| | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 20 | I | 34.97 | 6 | | 17 | O | 34.49 | 1 | TR | 69.46 | +0.15 | TR |
| 4 | Mo Tae-bum | South Korea | 18 | O | 34.84 | 4 | | 19 | I | 34.84 | 5 | | 69.68 | +0.38 | |
| 5 | Joji Kato | Japan | 18 | I | 34.96 | 5 | | 18 | O | 34.77 | 4 | | 69.74 | +0.43 | |
| 6 | Keiichiro Nagashima | Japan | 19 | O | 34.79 | 3 | | 20 | I | 35.25 | 16 | | 70.04 | +0.73 | |
| 7 | Roman Krech | Kazakhstan | 3 | I | 35.04 | 9 | | 16 | O | 35.00 | 6 | | 70.04 | +0.73 | |
| 8 | Nico Ihle | Germany | 11 | O | 34.99 | 7 | | 18 | I | 35.11 | 9 | | 70.10 | +0.79 | |
| 9 | Artur Waś | Poland | 7 | O | 35.01 | 8 | | 17 | I | 35.19 | 12 | | 70.20 | +0.90 | |
| 10 | Gilmore Junio | Canada | 14 | I | 35.15 | 11 | | 15 | O | 35.09 | 7 | | 70.25 | +0.94 | |
| 11 | Jamie Gregg | Canada | 13 | I | 35.17 | 13 | | 14 | O | 35.10 | 8 | | 70.27 | +0.96 | |
| 12 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | Norway | 8 | I | 35.20 | 16 | | 13 | O | 35.21 | 13 | | 70.42 | +1.11 | |
| 13 | Denis Koval | Russia | 9 | O | 35.19 | 14 | | 14 | I | 35.24 | 15 | | 70.44 | +1.13 | |
| 14 | William Dutton | Canada | 4 | O | 35.27 | 18 | | 11 | I | 35.17 | 11 | | 70.44 | +1.13 | |
| 15 | Yūya Oikawa | Japan | 16 | I | 35.24 | 17 | | 12 | O | 35.22 | 14 | | 70.46 | +1.15 | |
| 16 | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 12 | O | 35.09 | 10 | | 16 | I | 35.41 | 19 | | 70.50 | +1.19 | |
| 17 | Pekka Koskela | Finland | 13 | O | 35.19 | 15 | | 13 | I | 35.41 | 20 | | 70.61 | +1.30 | |
| 18 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 3 | O | 35.16 | 12 | | 15 | I | 35.48 | 23 | | 70.65 | +1.34 | |
| 19 | Artyom Kuznetsov | Russia | 20 | O | 35.51 | 28 | | 6 | I | 35.14 | 10 | | 70.66 | +1.35 | |
| 20 | Yuji Kamijo | Japan | 4 | I | 35.37 | 21 | | 11 | O | 35.48 | 24 | | 70.85 | +1.54 | |
| 21 | Kim Jun-ho | South Korea | 5 | O | 35.43 | 25 | | 8 | I | 35.42 | 21 | | 70.85 | +1.54 | |
| 22 | Lee Kang-seok | South Korea | 10 | O | 35.45 | 26 | | 7 | I | 35.42 | 22 | | 70.87 | +1.56 | |
| 23 | Dmitry Lobkov | Russia | 17 | I | 35.50 | 27 | | 8 | O | 35.36 | 18 | | 70.88 | +1.57 | |
| 24 | Shani Davis | United States | 5 | I | 35.39 | 22 | | 10 | O | 35.59 | 28 | | 70.98 | +1.67 | |
| 25 | Muncef Ouardi | Canada | 1 | O | 35.39 | 23 | | 9 | I | 35.60 | 29 | | 70.99 | +1.68 | |
| 26 | Tucker Fredricks | United States | 17 | O | 35.27 | 18 | | 12 | I | 35.72 | 37 | | 70.99 | +1.68 | |
| 27 | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 14 | O | 35.34 | 20 | | 10 | I | 35.71 | 35 | | 71.05 | +1.75 | |
| 28 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | Italy | 10 | I | 35.56 | 29 | | 7 | O | 35.51 | 25 | | 71.07 | +1.76 | |
| 29 | Mika Poutala | Finland | 15 | O | 35.58 | 30 | | 5 | I | 35.56 | 27 | | 71.14 | +1.83 | |
| 30 | Mu Zhongsheng | China | 1 | I | 35.59 | 31 | | 6 | O | 35.65 | 32 | | 71.25 | +1.94 | |
| 31 | David Bosa | Italy | 8 | O | 35.63 | 32 | | 4 | I | 35.64 | 31 | | 71.28 | +1.97 | |
| 32 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 7 | I | 35.78 | 37 | | 2 | I | 35.53 | 26 | | 71.30 | +1.99 | |
| 33 | Sung Ching-yang | Chinese Taipei | 11 | I | 35.73 | 35 | | 4 | O | 35.63 | 30 | | 71.36 | +2.05 | |
| 34 | Samuel Schwarz | Germany | 12 | I | 35.69 | 34 | | 5 | O | 35.68 | 34 | | 71.37 | +2.06 | |
| 35 | Bai Qiuming | China | 9 | I | 35.73 | 36 | | 3 | O | 35.71 | 36 | | 71.45 | +2.14 | |
| 36 | Artur Nogal | Poland | 2 | O | 35.83 | 38 | | 3 | I | 35.66 | 33 | | 71.49 | +2.18 | |
| 37 | Haralds Silovs | Latvia | 2 | I | 36.12 | 39 | | 1 | O | 36.32 | 38 | | 72.44 | +3.13 | |
| 38 | Stefan Groothuis | Netherlands | 6 | I | 35.42 | 24 | | 9 | O | 56.81 | 39 | | 92.24 | +22.93 | |
| 39 | Daniel Greig | Australia | 16 | O | 80.65 | 40 | | 2 | I | 35.29 | 17 | | 115.84 | +46.53 | |
| | Brian Hansen | United States | 6 | O | 35.64 | 33 | | | | DNS | | | | | |
TR = track record, DNS = did not start