# 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 6–8 November 2009, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 March 2010.
Tucker Fredricks of the United States won the cup, while Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands came second, and Mika Poutala of Finland came third. Defending champion Yu Fengtong of China finished in 20th place.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Tucker Fredricks | 788 | 3rd |
| Silver | Jan Smeekens | 742 | 11th |
| Bronze | Mika Poutala | 702 | 4th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 6 November | Lee Kang-seok South Korea | 34.80 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 35.02 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.13 |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.06 | Lee Kang-seok South Korea | 35.10 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 35.10 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 November | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.98 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.00 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.07 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 November | Joji Kato Japan | 34.98 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.02 | Lee Kang-seok South Korea | 35.13 |
| 4 | Calgary, Canada | 4 December | Mika Poutala Finland | 34.38 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.45 | Jamie Gregg Canada | 34.45 |
| 4 | Calgary, Canada | 5 December | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 34.28 | Mika Poutala Finland | 34.38 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.50 |
| 5 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 December | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 34.26 | Yuya Oikawa Japan | 34.27 | Mika Poutala Finland | 34.31 |
| 5 | Salt Lake City, United States | 12 December | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 34.26 | Lee Kang-seok South Korea | 34.28 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.35 |
| 6 | Erfurt, Germany | 6 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.97 | Yuya Oikawa Japan | 35.10 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.25 |
| 6 | Erfurt, Germany | 7 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.20 | Yuya Oikawa Japan | 35.21 | Mika Poutala Finland Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 35.22 |
| 7 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.99 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.01 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.24 |
| 7 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.05 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.19 | Akio Ohta Japan | 35.35 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).
| # | Name | BER1 | BER2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | CAL1 | CAL2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | ERF1 | ERF2 | HVN3 | HVN4 | Total |
| 1 | Tucker Fredricks | 16 | 100 | 80 | 50 | 32 | 70 | 50 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 120 | 90 | 788 |
| 2 | Jan Smeekens | 36 | 28 | 50 | 80 | 16 | 32 | – | – | 100 | 100 | 150 | 150 | 742 |
| 3 | Mika Poutala | 60 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 36 | 50 | 70 | 36 | 45 | 702 |
| 4 | Yuya Oikawa | 21 | 14 | 36 | 32 | 60 | 40 | 80 | 45 | 80 | 80 | 24 | 75 | 587 |
| 5 | Ronald Mulder | 18 | 24 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 36 | – | 28 | 70 | 6 | 105 | 120 | 567 |
| 6 | Lee Kang-seok | 100 | 80 | 60 | 70 | 28 | 45 | 60 | 80 | – | – | – | – | 523 |
| 7 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | 80 | 70 | – | 21 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 521 |
| 8 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 70 | 45 | 100 | 36 | 40 | 21 | 45 | 50 | – | – | – | – | 407 |
| 9 | Joji Kato | 45 | 18 | 10 | 100 | 80 | 60 | 36 | 24 | – | – | – | – | 373 |
| 10 | Akio Ota | 11 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 45 | 45 | 105 | 369 |
| 11 | Ryohei Haga | 40 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 32 | 75 | 24 | 361 |
| 12 | Jamie Gregg | – | – | 12 | 40 | 70 | – | 32 | 60 | 32 | 24 | 40 | 32 | 342 |
| 13 | Dmitry Lobkov | 6 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 40 | 70 | 90 | 36 | 321 |
| 14 | Mun Jun | 25 | 45 | 40 | 18 | 36 | 24 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 194 |
| 15 | Zhang Zhongqi | 32 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 28 | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | 192 |
| 16 | Mo Tae-bum | 10 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 50 | 40 | 32 | – | – | – | – | 182 |
| 17 | Kyle Parrott | – | – | 19 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 176 |
| 18 | Maciej Ustynowicz | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 14 | 165 |
| 19 | Nico Ihle | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 164 |
| 20 | Yu Fengtong | 12 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 40 | – | – | – | – | 153 |
| 21 | Shani Davis | 15 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | 152 |
| 22 | Pekka Koskela | 50 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 18 | 124 |
| 23 | Stefan Groothuis | 24 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 36 | – | – | 115 |
| 24 | Samuel Schwarz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 97 |
| 25 | Mike Ireland | – | – | 8 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 96 |
| 26 | Lee Ki-ho | 14 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 88 |
| 27 | Simon Kuipers | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | – | – | 28 | 40 | – | – | 84 |
| 28 | Espen-Aarnes Hvammen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 83 |
| 29 | Vincent Labrie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 8 | – | – | 83 |
| 30 | Ermanno Ioriatti | – | – | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 28 | – | – | 77 |
| 31 | Liu Fangyi | 8 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 74 |
| 32 | Brent Aussprung | 28 | 5 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | – | – | 61 |
| 33 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | 5 | 24 | – | – | – | 54 |
| 34 | Mark Tuitert | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 16 | – | – | 50 |
| 35 | Wang Nan | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 39 |
| 36 | Markus Puolakka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | – | – | 34 |
| 37 | Roman Krech | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 11 | 15 | – | – | 26 |
| 38 | Tuomas Nieminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | – | – | 25 |
| 39 | Michel Mulder | – | 4 | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| 40 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 15 |
| 41 | Nick Pearson | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 13 |
| 42 | Muncef Ouardi | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 43 | Frank Steiner | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| 44 | Zhang Yaolin | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 45 | Joey Lindsey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 46 | Denny Morrison | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| 47 | Maciej Biega | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 48 | Matthias Schwierz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| 49 | Daniel Greig | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| 49 | Richard MacLennan | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 51 | Jan Bos | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 51 | Sergey Chadayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 51 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 51 | Matthew Plummer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1 |