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500 metres, Men

Date	20 – 22 February 2018
Status	Olympic
Location	Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung Olympic Park, Coastal Cluster, Gangneung
Participants	33 from 16 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on placements in earlier rounds, and best time skated.
Olympic Record	40.770 / Charles Hamelin CAN / 26 February 2010

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	6	Wu Dajing	CHN	AF-1	1-1-1	39.584		Gold
2	58	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	AF-2	1-2-1	39.854		Silver
3	189	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	AF-3	2-1-1	39.919		Bronze
4	3	Samuel Girard	CAN	AF-4	2-1-1	39.987
5	10	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	BF-1	3-2-1	40.399
6	16	Ren Ziwei	CHN	BF-2	3-1-1	40.032
7	17	Daan Breeuwsma	NED	BF-3	4-2-2	40.677
8	20	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	BF-4	4-2-2	40.434
9	76	Abzal Azhgaliyev	KAZ	SF-5	5-4-3	40.835
10	23	Roberts Zvejnieks	LAT	QF-3	0-3-2	40.563
11	18	Dylan Hoogerwerf	NED	QF-3	0-3-2	40.657
12	9	Han Tianyu	CHN	QF-3	0-3-2	40.744
13	21	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	QF-3	0-3-3	40.806
14	1	Seo I-Ra	KOR	QF-4	0-4-1	40.438
15	82	Aleksandr Shulginov	ROC	QF-4	0-4-2	40.585
16	19	Keita Watanabe	JPN	QF-4	0-4-2	41.354
17	124	Bartosz Konopko	POL	QF-5	0-5-2	41.039
18	41	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	QF-5	0-5-3	40.748
19	5	Shaoang Liu	HUN	QF-DQ	0-0-1	40.526
20	12	Semyon Yelistratov	ROC	R1-3	0-0-3	40.829
21	105	Yuri Confortola	ITA	R1-3	0-0-3	40.869
22	128	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	R1-3	0-0-3	40.900
23	87	Thomas Hong	USA	R1-3	0-0-3	43.096
24	30	Andy Jung	AUS	R1-3	0-0-3	1:03.137
25	44	John-Henry Krueger	USA	R1-4	0-0-4	41.008
26	22	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	R1-4	0-0-4	47.177
27	32	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	R1-4	0-0-4	1:04.756
28	11	Viktor Knoch	HUN	R1-4	0-0-4	1:06.040
DQ	8	Charles Hamelin	CAN	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–
DQ	106	Aaron Tran	USA	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–
DQ	222	Jong Kwang-Bom	PRK	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–
DQ	74	Pavel Sitnikov	ROC	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–
DQ	2	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–

Round One (20 February 2018 — 19:45)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One (19:45)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Wu Dajing	CHN	40.264	QOR
2	3	Bartosz Konopko	POL	41.039	Q
3	1	Andy Jung	AUS	1:03.137
4	5	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	1:04.756
DQ	4	Aaron Tran	USA	–

Heat Two (19:49)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Samuel Girard	CAN	40.493	Q
2	2	Roberts Zvejnieks	LAT	40.563	Q
3	1	Yuri Confortola	ITA	40.869
4	3	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	47.177

Heat Three (19:52)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Seo I-Ra	KOR	40.438	Q
2	2	Dylan Hoogerwerf	NED	40.657	Q
3	4	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	40.900
4	1	Viktor Knoch	HUN	1:06.040

Heat Four (19:55)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	40.418	Q
2	1	Daan Breeuwsma	NED	40.806	Q
3	2	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	41.436	ADV
DQ	3	Charles Hamelin	CAN	–

Heat Five (19:58)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Ren Ziwei	CHN	40.294	Q
2	1	Aleksandr Shulginov	ROC	40.585	Q
3	2	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	40.748	ADV
DQ	4	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	–

Heat Six (20:01)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Shaoang Liu	HUN	40.526	Q
2	1	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	40.658	Q
3	4	Abzal Azhgaliyev	KAZ	43.388	ADV
DQ	3	Pavel Sitnikov	ROC	–

Heat Seven (20:04)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	40.758	Q
2	2	Keita Watanabe	JPN	41.678	Q
3	4	Thomas Hong	USA	43.096
DQ	1	Jong Kwang-Bom	PRK	–

Heat Eight (20:07)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	40.650	Q
2	1	Han Tianyu	CHN	40.744	Q
3	3	Semyon Yelistratov	ROC	40.829
4	4	John-Henry Krueger	USA	41.008

Quarter-Finals (20 February 2018 — 19:00)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Ren Ziwei	CHN	40.032	Q
2	3	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	40.471	Q
3	5	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	40.806
4	2	Aleksandr Shulginov	ROC	54.498
5	4	Bartosz Konopko	POL	1:10.996

Heat Two (19:03)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Wu Dajing	CHN	39.800	QWR
2	4	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	40.861	Q
3	2	Roberts Zvejnieks	LAT	40.904
4	5	Keita Watanabe	JPN	41.354
5	3	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	–

Heat Three (19:06)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Samuel Girard	CAN	40.477	Q
2	3	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	40.563	Q
3	4	Han Tianyu	CHN	1:14.891
4	1	Seo I-Ra	KOR	1:17.779

Heat Four (19:09)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	40.400	Q
2	4	Daan Breeuwsma	NED	40.677	Q
3	3	Dylan Hoogerwerf	NED	41.007
4	5	Abzal Azhgaliyev	KAZ	41.616	ADV
DQ	2	Shaoang Liu	HUN	–

Semi-Finals (22 February 2018 — 19:42)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (19:42)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Wu Dajing	CHN	40.087	Q
2	3	Samuel Girard	CAN	40.185	Q
3	2	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	40.399
4	4	Daan Breeuwsma	NED	40.775
5	5	Abzal Azhgaliyev	KAZ	40.835

Heat Two (19:45)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	40.108	Q
2	2	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	40.132	Q
3	1	Ren Ziwei	CHN	40.418
4	3	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	40.434

Final Round (22 February 2018 — 20:13)

B Final (20:13)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	40.651
2	2	Ren Ziwei	CHN	40.694
3	4	Daan Breeuwsma	NED	40.835
4	3	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	40.985

A Final (20:18)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Wu Dajing	CHN	39.584	WR
2	2	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	39.854
3	3	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	39.919
4	4	Samuel Girard	CAN	39.987