Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres


The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 21 February at the White Ring.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 19 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
;Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1An Yulong43.748Q
2Andy Gabel43.899Q
3Yevhen Yakovlev44.041
4Han Sang-guk44.206

;Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1François Drolet43.551Q
2Kim Dong-sung43.653Q
3Martin Johansson44.003

;Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Dave Versteeg44.358Q
2Feng Kai44.817Q
3Maciej Pryczek46.652
4Nicky Gooch68.907

;Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Li Jiajun43.831Q
2Maurizio Carnino43.927Q
3Rusty Smith44.584

;Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Lee Jun-hwan43.840Q
2Marc Gagnon43.901Q
3Arian Nachbar44.882
4Yun Chol45.014

;Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Satoru Terao42.948Q
2Chae Ji-hoon43.011Q
3Steven Bradbury43.766

;Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Éric Bédard43.342Q
2Hitoshi Uematsu43.428Q
3Dan Weinstein43.492
4Ludovic Mathieu43.767

;Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Fabio Carta43.000Q
2Takafumi Nishitani43.348Q
3Bruno Loscos43.725
4Battulgyn Oktyabri50.466

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal 2, American Andy Gabel was advanced, and Canada's François Drolet disqualified.
;Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Marc Gagnon43.254Q
2Hitoshi Uematsu43.657Q
3Fabio Carta43.763
4Lee Jun-hwan44.417

;Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1An Yulong43.384Q
2Chae Ji-hoon43.622Q
3Andy Gabel44.124ADV
François DroletDSQ

;Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Li Jiajun42.861Q
2Takafumi Nishitani42.980Q
3Éric Bédard43.113
4Maurizio Carnino43.225

;Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Dave Versteeg43.377Q
2Kim Dong-sung43.810Q
3Feng Kai44.384
4Satoru Terao65.470

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.
;Semifinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Hitoshi Uematsu43.697QA
2An Yulong43.796QA
3Dave Versteeg43.850QB
4Chae Ji-hoon43.864QB

;Semifinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Takafumi Nishitani42.756QA
2Marc Gagnon42.780QA
3Kim Dong-sung43.096QB
4Andy Gabel59.811QB
Li JiajunDSQ

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.
;Final A
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Takafumi Nishitani42.862
An Yulong43.022
Hitoshi Uematsu43.713
4Marc Gagnon75.600

;Final B
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
5Chae Ji-hoon42.832
6Dave Versteeg42.933
7Andy Gabel43.072
8Kim Dong-sung43.090