Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres


The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record and 2 world records while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests en route to capturing the gold.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Three Olympic records and two world records were set during the competition.
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordRef
20 FebruaryHeat 1Wu Dajing40.264OR
22 FebruaryQuarterfinal 2Wu Dajing39.800WR, OR
22 FebruaryFinal AWu Dajing39.584WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Wu Dajing40.264Q, OR
21Bartosz Konopko41.039Q
31Andy Jung
41Thibaut Fauconnet
1Aaron TranPEN
12Samuel Girard40.493Q
22Roberts Zvejnieks40.563Q
32Yuri Confortola40.869
42Vladislav Bykanov47.177
13Seo Yi-ra40.438Q
23Dylan Hoogerwerf40.657Q
33Sébastien Lepape40.900
43Viktor Knoch
14Lim Hyo-jun40.418Q
24Daan Breeuwsma40.806Q
34Denis Nikisha41.436ADV
4Charles HamelinPEN
15Ren Ziwei40.294Q
25Aleksandr Shulginov40.585Q
35Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev40.748ADV
5Sjinkie KnegtPEN
16Shaoang Liu40.526Q
26Ryosuke Sakazume40.658Q
36Abzal Azhgaliyev43.388ADV
6Pavel SitnikovPEN
17Hwang Dae-heon40.758Q
27Keita Watanabe41.678Q
37Thomas Hong43.096
7Jong Kwang-bomPEN
18Shaolin Sándor Liu40.650Q
28Han Tianyu40.744Q
38Semion Elistratov40.829
48John-Henry Krueger41.008

Quarterfinals

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Ren Ziwei40.032Q
21Shaolin Sándor Liu40.471Q
31Denis Nikisha40.806
41Aleksandr Shulginov54.498
51Bartosz Konopko
12Wu Dajing39.800Q, WR, OR
22Hwang Dae-heon40.861Q
32Roberts Zvejnieks40.904
42Keita Watanabe41.354
52Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev
13Samuel Girard40.477Q
23Ryosuke Sakazume40.563Q
33Han Tianyu
43Seo Yi-ra
14Lim Hyo-jun40.400Q
24Daan Breeuwsma40.677Q
34Dylan Hoogerwerf41.007
44Abzal Azhgaliyev41.616ADV
4Shaoang LiuPEN

Semifinals

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Wu Dajing40.087QA
21Samuel Girard40.185QA
31Shaolin Sándor Liu40.399QB
41Daan Breeuwsma40.775QB
51Abzal Azhgaliyev40.835
12Hwang Dae-heon40.108QA
22Lim Hyo-jun40.132QA
32Ren Ziwei40.418QB
42Ryosuke Sakazume40.434QB

Final B

Final A

The final was held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15.
RankNameCountryTimeNotes
Wu Dajing39.584WR, OR
Hwang Dae-heon39.854
Lim Hyo-jun39.919
4Samuel Girard39.987