Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:Results
Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 1 | o | Sergey Fokichev | | 38.19 |
| 5 | i | Yoshihiro Kitazawa | | 38.30 |
| 7 | i | Gaétan Boucher | | 38.39 |
4 | 6 | i | Dan Jansen | | 38.55 |
5 | 1 | i | Nick Thometz | | 38.56 |
6 | 4 | o | Vladimir Kozlov | | 38.57 |
7 | 6 | o | Frode Rønning | | 38.58 |
8 | 2 | o | Uwe-Jens Mey | | 38.65 |
9 | 16 | o | Aleksandr Danilin | | 38.66 |
10 | 4 | i | Akira Kuroiwa | | 38.70 |
11 | 7 | o | André Hoffmann | | 38.87 |
12 | 9 | o | Yasushi Suzuki | | 38.92 |
13 | 10 | i | Hein Vergeer | | 38.94 |
14 | 3 | i | Jan Ykema | | 39.03 |
15 | 9 | i | Jacques Thibault | | 39.12 |
16 | 2 | i | Geert Kuiper | | 39.13 |
17 | 5 | o | Jouko Vesterlund | | 39.15 |
18 | 10 | o | Kai Arne Engelstad | | 39.28 |
19 | 14 | o | Hans-Peter Oberhuber | | 39.39 |
20 | 22 | o | Andreas Dietel | | 39.45 |
20 | 3 | o | Erik Henriksen | | 39.45 |
22 | 8 | i | Mike Richmond | | 39.47 |
23 | 17 | i | Rolf Falk-Larssen | | 39.57 |
24 | 14 | i | Hans van Helden | | 39.71 |
25 | 19 | i | Dezideriu Jenei | | 39.72 |
26 | 11 | i | Uwe Streb | | 39.78 |
27 | 20 | i | Urpo Pikkupeura | | 39.88 |
28 | 11 | i | Lee Yeong-Ha | | 39.90 |
29 | 17 | i | Chen Jianqiang | | 40.30 |
29 | 13 | i | Daniel Turcotte | | 40.30 |
31 | 15 | o | Na Yun-Su | | 40.35 |
32 | 20 | o | Michael Hadschieff | | 40.52 |
33 | 18 | i | Giorgio Paganin | | 40.54 |
34 | 8 | o | Jan-Åke Carlberg | | 40.64 |
35 | 13 | o | Wang Nianchun | | 40.75 |
36 | 16 | i | Tomas Gustafson | | 41.18 |
37 | 19 | o | Kim Song-hui | | 41.23 |
38 | 15 | i | Gai Zhiwu | | 41.67 |
39 | 21 | i | Nenad Žvanut | | 42.55 |
40 | 21 | o | Erroll Fraser | | 43.47 |
41 | 18 | o | Behudin Merdović | | 46.34 |
42 | 12 | i | Hans Magnusson | | 63.08 |