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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 / Details

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

Round One

Date	20 February 2018 — 19:45
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One

Time	19:45

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

Heat Two

Time	19:49

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

Heat Three

Time	19:52

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

Heat Four

Time	19:55

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

Heat Five

Time	19:58

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

Heat Six

Time	20:01

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

Heat Seven

Time	20:04

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

Heat Eight

Time	20:07

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

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 February 2018 — 19:00
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One

Time	19:00

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

Heat Two

Time	19:03

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

Heat Three

Time	19:06

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

Heat Four

Time	19:09

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

Semi-Finals

Date	22 February 2018 — 19:42
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One

Time	19:42

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

Heat Two

Time	19:45

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

Final Round

Date	22 February 2018 — 20:13

Final B

Time	20:13

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

Final A

Time	20:18

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