Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres Results Results

| Rank_ | Athlete | Country | Time_ | Notes_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Kulikov | Soviet Union | 39.17 | OR |
| 2 | Valery Muratov | Soviet Union | 39.25 |  |
| 3 | Dan Immerfall | United States | 39.54 |  |
| 4 | Mats Wallberg | Sweden | 39.56 |  |
| 5 | Peter Mueller | United States | 39.57 |  |
| 6 | Jan Bazen | Netherlands | 39.78 |  |
| 6 | Arnulf Sunde | Norway | 39.78 |  |
| 8 | Andrey Malikov | Soviet Union | 39.85 |  |
| 9 | Oloph Granath | Sweden | 39.93 |  |
| 10 | Jim Chapin | United States | 40.09 |  |
| 11 | Tom Overend | Canada | 40.22 |  |
| 11 | Masaki Suzuki | Japan | 40.22 |  |
| 13 | Johan Granath | Sweden | 40.25 |  |
| 14 | Gaétan Boucher | Canada | 40.53 |  |
| 15 | Pertti Niittylä | Finland | 40.65 |  |
| 16 | Norio Hirate | Japan | 40.85 |  |
| 16 | Archie Marshall | Great Britain | 40.85 |  |
| 18 | Mikio Oyama | Japan | 40.90 |  |