Results for Japan in 500 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1932 Winter Olympics	Shozo Ishihara	3 h1 r1/2
	Tokuo Kitani	4 h2 r1/2
	Yasuo Kawamura	5 h1 r1/2
	Tomeju Uruma	6 h3 r1/2
1936 Winter Olympics	Shozo Ishihara	4
	Reikichi Nakamura	=11
	Lee Seong-Deok	=16
	Kunio Nando	=22
1952 Winter Olympics	Kiyotaka Takabayashi	=6
	Masanori Aoki	=12
	Sukenobu Kudo	=15
	Tsuneo Sato	18
1956 Winter Olympics	Shinkichi Takemura	=11
	Yoshitaki Hori	=17
	Taketsugu Asazaka	=22
	Kiyotaka Takabayashi	=30
1960 Winter Olympics	Fumio Nagakubo	9
	Yoshitaki Hori	=16
	Takeo Mizoo	=36
	Shinkichi Takemura	43
1964 Winter Olympics	Keiichi Suzuki	5
	Fumio Nagakubo	=16
	Satoshi Shinpo	41
1968 Winter Olympics	Keiichi Suzuki	=8
	Masaki Suzuki	=15
	Tamio Dejima	=33
	Takayuki Hida	37
1972 Winter Olympics	Masaki Suzuki	8
	Takayuki Hida	13
	Norio Hirate	17
	Keiichi Suzuki	19
1976 Winter Olympics	Masaki Suzuki	=11
	Norio Hirate	=16
	Mikio Oyama	18
1980 Winter Olympics	Kaoru Fukuda	14
	Kazuaki Ichimura	20
1984 Winter Olympics	Yoshihiro Kitazawa	2	Silver
	Akira Kuroiwa	10
	Yasushi Suzuki	12
1988 Winter Olympics	Akira Kuroiwa	3	Bronze
	Yasumitsu Kanehama	9
	Yasushi Kuroiwa	11
	Kimihiro Hamaya	13
1992 Winter Olympics	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	2	Silver
	Junichi Inoue	3	Bronze
	Yasunori Miyabe	=5
	Yukinori Miyabe	18
1994 Winter Olympics	Manabu Horii	3	Bronze
	Hiroyasu Shimizu	5
	Junichi Inoue	6
	Yasunori Miyabe	9
1998 Winter Olympics	Hiroyasu Shimizu	1	Gold
	Manabu Horii	13
	Hiroaki Yamakage	15
	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	=16
2002 Winter Olympics	Hiroyasu Shimizu	2	Silver
	Toyoki Takeda	8
	Kuniomi Haneishi	12
	Manabu Horii	14
2006 Winter Olympics	Yuya Oikawa	4
	Joji Kato	6
	Keiichiro Nagashima	13
	Hiroyasu Shimizu	18
2010 Winter Olympics	Keiichiro Nagashima	2	Silver
	Joji Kato	3	Bronze
	Yuya Oikawa	13
	Akio Ota	17
2014 Winter Olympics	Joji Kato	5
	Keiichiro Nagashima	6
	Yuya Oikawa	15
	Yuji Kamijo	20
2018 Winter Olympics	Daichi Yamanaka	5
	Joji Kato	6
	Tsubasa Hasegawa	14
2022 Winter Olympics	Wataru Morishige	3	Bronze
	Yuma Murakami	8
	Tatsuya Shinhama	20